Rational Black Thought Episode #185 April 20, 2024 - “The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth on them.” — Ida B. Wells

What’s on my Mind: Living Outside the Box:

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chaotic-cognition/202006/the-truth-about-the-box-in-outside-the-box-thinking 

News: 

• The Boy who Cried Wolf: 
  • https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/gag-order-redux-00153015
  • https://www.thedailybeast.com/details-of-how-trump-scored-dollar175m-bond-revealed-in-court-filings
  • https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_765e8b1de153c160143b222aa9bac66f

Conversations with an Atheist: Biblical interpretation by Race:

• https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Social_Justice_Studies/Race_and_Ethnic_Relations_in_the_U.S.%3A_An_Intersectional_Approach/01%3A_Introduction_to_Race_and_Ethnic_Relations/1.03%3A_Ethnicity_and_Religion
• https://www.pewresearch.org/short-read/2018/05/07/blacks-more-likely-than-others-in-u-s-to-read-the-bible-regularly-see-it-as-gods-word/#:~:text=Black%20people%20overall%20are%20also,whites%20and%2038%25%20of%20Hispanics.
• https://ms.fortresspress.com/downloads/9781506400174Chapter1.pdf

Closing: It is okay to give something back: 

• https://aframnews.com/rihannas-global-impact-transforming-lives-through-philanthropy/