J’s Lunch Counter – Episode 13 (Sept. 20, 2016)
Episode 13 is a hard-hitting show featuring Coy Conner, who joins me in a frank, difficult discussion about Donald Trump, birtherism, and where black people find themselves in America in 2016. We take a deeper look into the questions raised about the ‘otherness’ of President Obama, since his 2008 campaign until now, and we explore what his persecution really meant for him, and what it meant for black people across the country. We look at the history of citizenship being challenged, even during slavery, how much that parallels to how Donald Trump has treated President Obama. We lend perspective to the notion that blacks in America continue to struggle to find an identity in the fabric of America because of the ongoing attempts to delegitimize black people and attempts to minimize and rationalize the oppression of black people in America. We also discuss an important, difficult question about the implication of Donald Trump support – Is one racist if they support Donald Trump? You won’t want to miss this part of a heavy discussion on race. We then delve even deeper to the implications of Trump support, exploring the role of faith and religion in the political process, and what it means to be a Christian, and to hold Christian values, while supporting Donald Trump. This conversation was important, sometimes disagreeable, but hopefully lends much-needed perspective to an overly-simplified election that has been dumbed down many times over. It may make you uncomfortable to hear some of the perspectives that we share, but that doesn’t make them any less important, because they are very real to Coy and I. Please take a few minutes out of your day to listen to this important show.
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