Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-24-2023 Intro Structural Understanding Stacey Abrams Structural Understanding What does White Supremacy believe in as structural? What should Structural be? Stacey Abrams Early years Education career Politician career Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racis...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-23-2023 Intro Why is the Communications Officer part of the ban of education? Nichelle Nichols Communications Officer Star Trek One possibility a black woman not playing as a maid Another one being her culture and race Maybe the interracial kiss did it in Nichelle Nichols Early years Career Star Trek The final days of her life Thought Process Thank you f...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-22-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Kamala Harris Coffee and Anti-Blackness Keep learning! Kamala Harris Early years Politician Vice President Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignorance #racismisbad #racism #Podcast #podcaster #podcastlife #ope...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Rev. Raphael Warnock Coffee and Anti-Blackness Promoting and Hiring Black Businesses Ways to hire Rev. Raphael Warnock Early Life Ministry Politician Thought Process Thanks for listening Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignorance #racismisbad #racism...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-20-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Alvin Ailey Coffee Anti-Blackness Diversify Alvin Ailey Early Life His role as a black person His career Thought Process Thanks for listening Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignorance #racismisbad #racism #Podcast #podcaster #podcastlife #openmind...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-19-2023 Intro Don Lemon and Women in Office Coffee and Anti-Blackness Al Sharpton CNNs Don Lemon on Women Thoughts on Don Lemon's comments on air Why discrimination all over again? Coffee and Anti-Blackness Focus on diversity Do not be afraid to talk about it Al Sharpton Early years Success Failures/Issues Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-18-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Toni Morrison Coffee and Anti-Blackness Understand diversity as a company Use tools to help with the hiring process for diversity  Toni Morrison Work Popularity in her work Why her stories help Blacks Thought Process Thank you for joining me Join me tomorrow

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-17-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Michael Jordan Coffee and Anti-Blackness Look in the mirror Workplace diversity Leadership and diversity Michael Jordan Early life Successes Struggles Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me tomorrow

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-16-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Robert Abbott Coffee and Anti-Blackness Identifying Non-Blacks in the coffee industry Racial Profiling Robert Abbott Chicago Defender Failures Success Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignorance #racismisbad #...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-15-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness George Foreman Coffee and Anti-Blackness What is Structural? What is Anti-Blackness White Supremacy and Coffee George Foreman It's not about Civil Rights It's a God thing How he gave his life to Christ Thought Process Thank you for listening Education and Hate Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeac...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-14-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Racism Muhammad Ali Coffee and Anti-Racism Align on Terms What is Racism? What is White Supremacy? What is Anti-Blackness Muhammad Ali Conversational comments Suspension The rest of his career Parkinson Disease Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me tomorrow

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-13-2023 Intro Coffee and Anti-Blackness Oprah Winfrey Coffee and Anti-Blackness Root cause What to expect Impact vs Intentional Oprah Winfrey Book Club Successes Failures Thought Process Thank you for listening Feelings can be hurt Understand the impact and have conversations Join me tomorrow Source: https://urnex.com/blog/addressing-anti-blackness-in-sp...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-12-2023 Intro Book Ban in Texas Frederick Douglass Book Ban in Texas What is being banned in detail? Why it is being banned? Why it is not a good idea to ban books? Frederick Douglass Slavery His voice during slavery Activist in Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Abolishing Slavery   Thought Process Thank you for listening Thought process on slavery T...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-11-2023 Intro Banned Books for Review James Baldwin Books in Review for Ban By county Small detail of why James Baldwin Civil Rights Basics Best work Communicator Thought Process Thank you for listening Thinking about Morgan Freeman after watching an old interview Why we should talk about racism and discrimination Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleof...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-10-2023 Intro Librarian training Maya Angelou Librarian Training What's in the training? Understanding what is accepted and what is not in the library Other alternatives Maya Angelou Early days Civil Rights Activist Women in Power Thought Process Why ban Black History and not Turner Diaries and other hate books? Join me tomorrow for more #RacismIsReal #p...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-09-2023 Intro Everyday Racism Jackie Robinson Everyday Racism The meaning Examples The difference between racism and a racist Jackie Robinson Racial barrier broken The racist insults You can only take so much Thought Process Thank you for listening Join me tomorrow #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignora...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-08-2023 Intro Dr. Charles Drew Herman Whitfield III Herman Whitfield III What happened? Reactions and Thoughts The result Dr. Charles Drew Basics Awards/College Purpose/Desires Thought Process Join me tomorrow Thank you for listening #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignorance #racismisbad #racism #Podcas...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-07-2023 Intro Anthony Maclin Martin Luther King Jr. Current Events - Anthony Maclin What happened? When it happened? What steps the family and lawyers are taking for this incident? Martin Luther King Jr. Basics Famous for What an example he was and still is Thought Process Thank you for listening Catch me tomorrow for more on Black History and the studie...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-06-2023 Intro Malcolm X The Harlem Globetrotters The Harlem Globetrotters Racism Segregation Stereotypes Seriousness of basketball Malcolm X Early years Jail Time Nation of Islam Plan after the Nation of Islam Thought Process Unite everyone and not just one race Understand that one race needs help Turn up your hearing volume and turn down your mouths Joi...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-05-2023 Intro Darth Vader Barack Obama Get something off my chest! Get Something Off My Chest Recognization in differences between years The tone of messages Darth Vader How to protect people of color with acting roles that can be vulnerable Diversity Other characters roles that put actors in danger. Barack Obama Leadership style ACA and diversity as a l...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-04-2023 Intro Month of February 16th -29th Thurgood Marshall Racial Injustice February February 16th - 29th Thurgood Marshall Early Years Lawyer Judge Activist in Civil Rights Thought Process We would not be where we are at if it wasn't for our ancestors. Black people that don't believe in discrimination and racism should be reminded why so much as chang...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-03-2023 Intro Month of February Colin Kaepernick Month of February The history of racial injustice in the month of February February 1st - 5th February 6th - 10th February 11th - 15th Colin Kaepernick New documentary He was right all along Thought Process We come a long way. But we still have a lot of work to do Join me next week. #RacismIsReal #peopleof...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 02-02-2023 Intro Ron DeSantis Aretha Franklin Woke What is "Woke?" Stop W.O.K.E. Act Aretha Franklin Basic info FBI monitoring Top 10 things you may not know about Aretha Franklin Thought Process Woke is not bad Join me tomorrow for more on Black History #RacismIsReal #peopleofcolor #policeaccountability #RacismWillNotBeIgnored #racismisignorance #racismisb...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts Black History Episode 02-01-2023 Intro Ron DeSantis banning AP Black History education Cariol Horne DeSantis Administration Bans Sky after the sun sets Coffee that doesn't have cream and sugar Oprah The month of February Darth Vader iPhones in dark mode Black bears The Enterprise's communications officer The Harlem Globetrotters, aka Harlem. Policing Histor...

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts 01-28-2023 Intro Brief recap of last week's podcast Introduction for today's podcast Southwest Airlines Weight Loss and Health Update How is the weight loss going since I fractured my foot in 2021? Critical Thinking Questions What really happened in the meltdown? How could this be prevented? How did Southwest really respond, leading to this meltdown? What i...