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The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly summit on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 12/20/24 On the cusp of the winter solstice and the pagan rituals of gift-giving, Amazon workers throughout the US went on strike to protest low wages and unsafe work conditions. Just this week, a Senate investigation found that Jeff Bezos's workers were discouraged from seeking medical attention beyond Amazon...

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 10th and final study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 12/14/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly forum on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 12/13/24 We got a dose of Friday the 13th in the midst of the "holiday season." Gus T recommends avoiding celebration of holidays or pagan rituals in the workplace. Partly because the environment is so dastardly. We discussed the case of Houston firefighter Melinda Abbt, who was awarded $850K after her coworkers...

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 9th study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated in combati...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 12/07/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly summit on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 12/06/24. Two different reports highlighted how safety is being compromised because of staffing shortages. The years' long deficit of air traffic controllers is already being blamed for potential holiday log jams for "christmas" fliers. And just this week NPR detailed how the lack of special education teachers...

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 8th study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated in combati...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 11/30/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

Gus T. made it back safely from California just in time to host Neutralizing Workplace Racism 11/30/24 #TheBlackFridayEdition We'll see how non-white workers are navigating the holidays at work. Unfortunately, a number of non-white people work in environments where donuts, cakes and sugary snacks are wheeled in by ton. This is another reason Gus recommends that non-white people avoid accepting foo...

After spending over a month in the "Golden State," Gus T. debriefs on his California Counter-Racist Sojourn. We hear details on Gus' November 18 visit to Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, the mass burial cite for the Victims of the Jonestown slaughter. Gus spoke with relatives of those who were killed in Guyana and was able to ask a group of these black people if they thought Rev. Jim Jones was a Rac...

Even while researching in California, Gus T. makes time for The Context of White Supremacy's weekly forum on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 11/15/24. It's been a staggering work experience in the Bay Area, and Gus T. was prescient starting this pilgrimage with the mindset of a business expedition. It's been all business. While in the Bay Area, a listener mailed Gus T about a number of workplace con...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 11/02/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly summit on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 11/09/24. The 2024 US Presidential Election is done. Trump triumphed again. Regardless of the outcome, the code remains: No Politics on the job - especially during election week. We hear how non-white people navigated this week - including minimizing conflict and verbal squabbles with other non-white coworkers....

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 7th study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated in combati...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts live election night coverage of the tussle for the White House. Gus predicted the return of Donald J. Trump, but VP Kamala Harris may surprise Gus. We'll see if non-white listeners voted or if folks have read anything about violence related to the election in their part of the world. During the course of the broadcast, we learned that Florida rejected recreatio...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 11/02/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly summit on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 11/01/24. After taking one week off to visit Los Angeles for the American Film Institute's 38th Film Festival, Gus T. relocated to San Francisco for the meat of the Jonestown Research Project. Gus can't stress enough the importance of having a code for business travel - which includes lots of research about pot...

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 6th study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated in combati...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 10/19/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly summit on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 10/18/24. Racist Suspect and champion of White Women's Rights in the workplace, Lilly Ledbetter died this week in Alabama at the age of 86. During President Obama's first time and first year in office, Ledbetter stood with the former president as federal legislation was passed to help White Women close the so-c...

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 5th study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated in combati...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 10/12/24. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening...

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly summit on Neutralizing Workplace Racism 10/11/24. Negro thespian Idris Elba stars in a new streaming series that addresses the history of White Supremacy/Racism in the music industry. They detail the decades of theft and looting of black artists like Prince, Otis Redding, Nina Simone and countless others. Their musical genius was not compensated corr...

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 4th study session on Andrée Blouin's My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria. A pivotal figure in the history of counter-racism/anti-colonialism throughout the continent of Africa, Blouin is not as well known as South Africa's Madiba and Winnie Mandela, Kenya's Maus Maus and other freedom fighters who participated in combati...