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This is it!! Episode One of Black In The Bay - podcast where we explore social, political and philosophical issues through the African American lens. We’ll hit some current events, have some fun and get deep on some far reaching issues. We invite all to listen – you don’t have to be black to listen – but if you have a black friend, relative or loved one and were curious about the black perspective, it’s time to put your headphones on and check out Black .. in the Bay. On tonight's episode, Will Hammond (Twitter: WillHammondJr) and I (Twitter: Reg_Clay) talk about cultural foundation: what it means to be black and how we bring what we've been taught by our families and our schools about our culture, to keep us strong as we go out in the world. But what are we taught? In the Washington Post this week, there's an article on the lack of education on slavery (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/28/teaching-slavery-schools/), while there's a lack of understanding from other people on what it means to be black - take, for instance, the Oklahoma anchor who said her co-host looked like an ape (• https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/27/us/oklahoma-tv-anchor-apologizes-racist-comments-soh/index.html). She didn't mean it, but had she thought about how he would have reacted to her comments, she wouldn't have said it. Right? Will and I also get into assimilation - what are we expected as black people - what does the black community expect from us and how far do we go before we lose our culture? We touch on the Kaepernick situation, we touch on the civil rights movement, and we even geek out on the good ol' days of sound systems and buying your music, instead of streaming. Did you ever have to wire up old school speakers? Speaking of music, check out: PJ Morton and his new album "Paul" https://www.pjmortonmusic.com Raphael Siddiq and his new album "Jimmy Lee" https://raphael-saadiq-us.myshopify.com Rapsody and her new album "Eve" https://genius.com/albums/Rapsody/Eve Please let us know what you think of this podcast, and tell us what topics you want us to touch on.