White backlash
Discover key takeaways from 4 podcast episodes about this topic.
Roland gives MLK address in Dallas, Texas
Roland Martin delivers a fiery MLK address, arguing that the holiday has been sanitized and gentrified, and calls for a return to protest and active resistance against systemic attacks on Black America and civil rights.
Roland gives MLK address in Dallas, Texas
Roland Martin delivers a fiery MLK address, arguing that current attacks on Black America are a predictable 'white backlash' to demographic shifts, urging active protest over passive service.
MAGA: DEFUND BLACK AMERICA | Trump nixes EO BANNING DISCRIMINATION in Fed Contracting+No Vote Impact
Roland Martin and guests argue that current political actions, including executive orders dismantling DEI and federal contracting protections, are a deliberate economic assault on Black America, mirroring historical patterns of 'reconstruction' followed by 'backlash' and demanding a unified Black economic and political response.
MAGA: DEFUND BLACK AMERICA | Trump nixes EO BANNING DISCRIMINATION in Fed Contracting+No Vote Impact
Roland Martin and guests detail a multi-generational, systematic effort to economically disenfranchise Black America, framing current political actions as a 'defunding' that mirrors historical 'reconstructions' and backlash against Black success.