Episode 277, April 11, 2026 -- “Black is not divisive, they been lyin', and I hate the shit-Black has never been a competition, we all make this shit”

Rational Black Thought · Apr 11, 2026 · 1h 3m

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Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot.

This week’s title comes from the UK rapper Dave and his song "Black" and says something that needs to be said plainly because too many people still pretend not to understand it: Black is not divisive. Black truth is not divisive. Black memory is not divisive. Black resistance is not divisive. What is divisive is the lie. What is divisive is the constant demand that Black people shrink ourselves, soften our analysis, mute our anger, and make ourselves digestible for a society that has built power by calling its own…