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An editorial in Hip Hop DX by Omar Burgess makes a provocative point: Hip Hop is not "Black" music. Once the music of underground youth in urban ghettos, it has become a commodity for cultural tourists. The 8BH crew discuss this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode, we have a thoughtful discussion with Tennessee State Senator London Lamar on the expulsion and almost expulsion of three of her Democratic colleagues by a Republican supermajority. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

he Nashville School Shooting is one of the biggest events that has happened in recent years. Our lives have been changed, and our country has been shaken. We want to do a show where we talk about the impact this event will have on all of us, and how we are going to cope with it. I want to talk about my personal experience as a parent, my children’s experience as a school aged child, and how we can go through this together. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode, we discuss woke(ism), woke(ish), and how it relates to morally bankrupt folks. Like always, we never end up in the same spot, but eventually, we get to where we need to go. We also take about Abbott Elementary, and its portrayal of charter schools. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

What rights do parents have when it comes down to K-12 education in the US? In this episode, we do a deep dive to uncover. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode, we talk top 5's in hip-hop. Some of us were on point, some of us where... not. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode, we celebrate 2-0-0. Pull up, as we talk about the wins and the losses! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode, we discuss the deficit thinking this country uses when they think about Black students. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode, we discuss Black faces in white spaces with esteemed Race scholar Dr. Frederick V. Engram, Jr. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode we discuss our feelings towards Black History Month over time. We land in some interesting places. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

In this episode we have a heated debate about the origins of standardized testing, its usefulness, and how we can use standardized testing to keep a system that is inherently racist honest. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message

Given the political landscape in Florida, we wanted to make an episode that highlighted how bad book bans, and the gutting of curriculum has gotten in some places. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/8-black-hands-podcast/message