A Perspective in Black and White: Recent Episodes
Wayne Perryman
Commentary from an historical and contemporary perspective on race relations in America with Dr. Wayne Perryman
In this segment, we take a look at how President Donald Trump reacted or responded to Colin Kaepernick's protest vs how he responded to the attack on the Capitol, on January 6th 2021.
This segment focuses on the contributions of African Americans worldwide particularly in the field of medicine, technology, science and industry and ask the question why isn't this information taught in our schools. It is the absence of this type of information that produces racism, negative stereotypes and the racial inferiority that we are faced with today.
This episode highlights and provide factual information regarding the struggle of being black and gay vs being white and gay.
This segments ask the question: Would Trump supporters vote for a black man if that black man had the same background as Trump and said and did the same kinds of things as Trump? Silent practice of racism happens everyday, because this type of racism is done without violence, hatred or malice and is often practiced in the voting booth.
Both Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots and Jerry Jones owner of the Dallas Cowboys were silent supporters of Trump, would they have voted for Robert F. Smith, one of the seven black billionaires in America, if he had did the and said the same kinds of things as Trump?
In this segment Dr.Perryman provides a comparison of the black experience with other groups, - groups who suffered from discrimination and who were at one time or another themselves slave owners and/or had a history of discriminating against blacks. He covers discrimination against Native Americans, Latinos and women.
This Episode highlights the Democrat's 1957 Strategy to keep blacks silent, a strategy that is currently being used to silence the protestors in the Black Lives Matter Movement. The Strategy is being used by the NFL, NBA, NIKE and other major corporations who claim that they support Black Lives Matter. When Congress and Donald Trump gave them the opportunity to prove that Black Lives Mattered to them, they all chose not to.
This segment focuses on the things that blacks can do for themselves, rather than waiting for the government and elected officials to do it for us. It cites successful examples in the past and shares the efforts of Booker T. Washington, Lebron James, Seahawk's Russell Wilson, Beyonce, NBA star David Robinson, Bishop TD Jakes and former heavy weight champion Joe Louis.
This segment addresses our negative stereotype images of one another and how those images affects our relationships across racial lines. It concludes that it is impossible to treat a person better than the image that you have of them.
This episode looks at the three branches of government and and examines the racist laws and policies that the three branches of government approved. From 1619 to 1968, the practices of racism in America, wasn't a crime, it was legal.
This segment covers the support that our enemies and white soldiers received after the war vs the neglect and treatment of America's black ally soldier after the war.
This episode covers the history of blacks in the military and how they were treated when they returned home from battle. It includes the mistreatment of baseball great Jackie Robinson and heavy weight champion Joe Louis and the NFL protest.
This episode examines the significant influence of race and culture in court cases by examining several cases in the past and the OJ Simpson Case.
This podcast compares the Black Lives Matter protests with the most famous and the most deadly protest in American History