Zoom Calls with an Educated Black Man

15/11/2020

Take a look at one of our newest videos on Black invisibility!!! (Yes like Harry Potter) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oWcQdDChQns

This episode is about Black Invisibility - Black Excellence that is ignored.

14/11/2020

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16/08/2020

A few people asked for the recording of today's shoot. This is the first 20 minute recording on Karen's. We have 3 more prepared. They'll be uploaded over the next 24 hours! https://youtu.be/6bOiH123Koc

This episode is on Karen's. What are they? How are they created. We include some funny videos and a cool deep dive. Sources on IG - ...

13/02/2020

The 411 #2

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” - Lao- Tzu - Ancient Chinese Philosopher

Start whatever big, audacious, scary goal you have right now! It’s not always possible to know every step to completing something before you start. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start. Do some research, do some planning, then begin. Take a step. That step will take you to a problem you can’t solve. Do some research, do some planning and continue. This is the essential process to getting great things accomplished.

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13/02/2020

Excerpt from "Take Care of Your Token Black Man"

I have a friend who I love dearly. He's a white man.

While most people don’t want that to matter, it must. In many corners of our nation we’re dealing with the effects of privilege. What exactly constitutes various forms of privilege is up for debate but it's clear that not all groups are treated equally. What does privilege mean? It simply means unearned benefits that are afforded to a group of people because they are apart of a certain group. It doesn’t mean that the group which is considered privileged doesn't also have individual hardships. It simply means that as a group, certain statuses afford you a set of circumstances that are favorable. For instance, “straight” people don’t face any form of widespread indignation because they’re straight. Gay people do. I won’t get into the reasons people hold those prejudices -religious beliefs, lack of understanding, dislike of something different than their choices or whether those thoughts are right are wrong. I’m not qualified to speak on that but it is plain to see that “straight” is the more protected status.
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13/02/2020

The 411 #1

“The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there” -Vince Lombardi - Legendary Pro Football Coach

It may be tempting to look at the person who has “everything”, has success or is in charge and imagine a grand narrative about how that person got there. Of course there are people who are given things they didn’t entirely earn. The vast majority of the time however, that person worked extremely hard to get to where they are.

You’re not going to get where you want to go mentally taking that person down. Get to work. Get there yourself!

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13/02/2020

"Coronavirus: Should I Be Worried?"

The media makes a lot of its living scaring you. Clickbait and sensationalist headlines are all the rage. The problem with this is, it can cause us not to pay a great deal of attention to anything. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if news is a big deal or not. Well, here is a quick primer on Coronavirus and my two scents on whether you should be worried about it or not. Disclaimer: I am not an epidemiologist or a doctor.
First...what is it?

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that can cause anything from colds to serious respiratory issues. One of the most famous viruses in this family was SARS. The newest strain of Coronavirus is spreading around Asia, currently, and the worry is that it will spread worldwide.

Other Facts About It

At the time of this writing, around 30,000 people have been infected. Just under 600 have died. This means the disease kills around 2% of people it infects. Also, 90%+ of the infections are in Asia. These cases started being reported on the last day of last year so we’re roughly 5 weeks into the scare.

Should I be worried?

I think that to figure that out you have to look at a few facts. The worst case scenario is awful. At a 2% kill rate and over 7 billion humans on planet earth, if it did spread everywhere, 140-150 million people would die. Of course, there have been many other outbreaks and none recently to reach those proportions. The worst diseases of all time have but even in that worst case scenario, you are unlikely to die from Coronavirus.

Then the next question is, how likely are we to get to that point? I certainly hope we’re nowhere near that point but the numbers are not currently promising. It would be one thing if the number was growing steadily. Iinstead, it’s growing faster and faster and faster. When I started looking at this 2 weeks ago, we were at about 4,000 cases, adding a few hundred each day. Then we went from 15-17,000 in one day (increase of 2 thousand), then 17-20 (increase of 3), then 20-24 (+4) , then 24-29 (+5) and before those increase by the thousands, the same thing happened with the hundreds. If that pattern continues (I’ll run it out a few series for you to see)....29+6 =35, 35+7 =42, 42+8=50, 50+9=59, 59+10=69, 69+11=80, 80+12= 92 thousand. That’s just one week. If we start to see that type of trend next week and if that continues into the next 2-3 weeks, then maybe you can start to worry….but until then, enjoy Valentine’s Day and try not to think about it.

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