Trillionaires: A Race Ahead

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A podcast that explores Racism, Politics, and Economics and how they contribute to the Racial Wealth divide in America.

Danny Blue Jr

  • Aug 30, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 32m AVG DURATION
  • 11 EPISODES


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Episode 11: "Reparations Part 2"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 29:24


In part 2 of this 2 part series on reparations, I will discuss the arguments against reparations and highlight 3 historical examples of reparations that were granted by the U.S Government. Follow the show on Instagram: @trillionairespod Follow the host: @brothablue_ Articles: https://www.history.com/news/reparations-slavery-native-americans-japanese-internment https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/442 https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sconres26/BILLS-111sconres26es.pdf https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/slavery-reparations-cost-us-government-10-to-12-trillion.html

Episode 10: "Reparations Part 1"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 34:35


In part 1 of this 2 part episode, I will discuss why we must shift our focus from screaming black lives matter to demanding reparations. Follow the show on Instagram: @trillionairespod Follow the host: @brothablue_

Episode 9: "The Flaws of Capitalism"

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 26:42


In this episode, I will provide commentary on COVID19 and how it is being used as an excuse for the continued failures of capitalism in America. Follow the show on Instagram: @trillionairespod Follow the host: @brothablue_

Episode 8: "For us by us"

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 35:54


In this episode, I will discuss Black Wall Street and the success of the Greenwood district in North Tusla Oklahoma during the late 1800s and early 1900s, how it can serve as a blueprint for black economic empowerment today and why we should stop relying on the government to solve our problems. Follow the show on Instagram: @trillionairespod Follow the host: @brothablue_ Books/ Articles referenced: https://www.history.com/news/black-wall-street-tulsa-race-massacre https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/ https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/05/31/615546965/meet-the-last-surviving-witness-to-the-tulsa-race-riot-of-1921

Episode 7: "The Miseducation of the Negro"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 37:13


In this episode, I will discuss how the public education system has miseducated blacks and encouraged them to be consumers instead of producers, the fallacy of white supremacy, and what black people in America MUST do, in order to change the conditions of future generations. Follow the show on Instagram: @trillionairespod Follow the host: @brothablue_ Resources I use for Personal Finance: https://www.truebill.com/ https://www.everydollar.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5q_tg7Hm5QIVF26GCh001AlFEAAYASAAEgIjnfD_BwE https://albert.com/ Books/ Articles referenced: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-why-black-families-have-struggled-for-decades-to-gain-wealth-2019-02-28 https://www.newamerica.org/weekly/edition-155/continued-mis-education-black-americans/ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/college-graduation-rates-for-african-americans-are-at-an-all-time-high-so-why-arent-their-finances-2018-03-01

Episode 6: Black Consumer "Power"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 38:32


In this episode, I will discuss a recent report by Nielsen that suggests black spending will surpass $1.5 trillion dollars by 2023, expose the negatives side effects of consumerism and explore the ways in which Black Americans can leverage their spending to recycle the black dollar and revitalize their own communities. Follow the show on Instagram: @trillionairespod Follow the host: @brothablue_ Books/ Articles referenced: https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2018/black-impact-consumer-categories-where-african-americans-move-markets/ https://www.arkrepublic.com/2018/01/16/black-audiences-saved-hollywood/5/ https://www.blackenterprise.com/must-practice-conscientious-consumerism/ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/trillion-dollar-african-american-consumer-market-economic-empowerment-or-economic-depen/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2019-black-consumerism-nielsen_n_5d791e3fe4b0fc7153403fa3 https://fortune.com/2018/02/28/raceahead-nielsen-report-black-buying-power/

Episode 5: "Government created ghettos"

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 36:22


In this episode I will explore how the U.S government created the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and worked with banks to practice redlining to create both the suburbs and ghettos of America, and discuss the negative impacts it has had on the black community.  Follow us on Instagram: @trillionairespod  Follow the host: @brothablue_ Books/ Articles referenced: The Black Tax the cost of Being Black in America by Shawn Rochester http://www.nareb.com/african-american-homeownership-falls-50-year-low/ https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america

Episode 4: "Time for change"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 26:02


In this episode: I will explore the concept of group economics and share my opinion on what needs to fundamentally change within the black community in order to make progress towards closing the wealth gap. Books/ Articles referenced: Powernomics: A national plan to empower Black America by Dr Claud Anderson https://blackmeninamerica.com/how-do-black-people-in-america-spend-507-billion-dollars-annually-3-2/

Episode 3: "Separate but Equal"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2019 34:46


In this episode: I will explore how the social economic conditions in South, led to the creation of the Separate but Equal segregation doctrine. I will then examine the black community pre Brown v Board and post integration to determine if integration harmed us more than it helped. Books/Articles referenced: The Black Tax: The cost of being black in America by Shawn Rochester https://www.theroot.com/64-years-after-brown-v-board-of-education-integration-1826082674 https://atlantablackstar.com/2013/12/09/5-ways-integration-underdeveloped-black-america/5/

Episode 2: "Slavery by Another Name"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 33:51


In this episode: I will explore how Southern Americans were able to continue to enslave Blacks long after the 13th amendment by passing vagrancy laws, creating sharecropping, and leveraging convict leasing. I will then examine how radical republicans would attempt to rebuild the south with reconstruction and fail. Lastly I will discuss how all of these events would lead to Jim Crow Laws in the South and lay the foundation for the racial wealth gap we experience today.

Episode 1: "Handouts and Head starts"

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 24:00


This episode will explore:  Slavery in the United States and the economic conditions that led European colonists to rely 100% on African Slave labor Special Field Order 15 and introduce you to General William Sherman, someone your history classes ignored The Homestead Act of 1863 and detail the ways in which America crippled its newly freed slaves into a permanent position of servitude

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