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Episode 301, September 26, 2026 -"Racism is still alive, yellow tape and colored lines."
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Welcome to Rational Black Thought, the podcast where we examine politics, religion, culture, and power from a Black, secular, skeptical, and uncompromising perspective. I am your host, the Neo Griot.
This week's episode is titled "Racism Is Still Alive, Yellow Tape and Colored Lines," from Kendrick Lamar. The lyric: "Racism is still alive, yellow tape and colored lines."
Yellow tape. The crime-scene tape that goes up around a Black body. Racism as enforcement — the line the state draws around the violence done to us.
Colored lines. The color line. The lines drawn on maps and…
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