#66 The UnBlackening

Shitting on Black women is an Olympic sport, TV gets whiter, and white folks desperately want to live with Black folks, but not really tho'. Drink up! This weeks hot list: The Get Down, Luke Cage, Blackness as click bait, Queen's hood cat, the Olympics, Black folks and the politics of swimming, the Black national anthem, Pitzer student says 'nah' to white roommates, J.'s alma mater does something less racist than usual, #AtlantaFX, how to stay in your lane, The Nightly Show, nutcrakers, that troll ass tabloidist ass troll Nico Hines, and more! Tweet us while you listen! @teawithqj #teawithqj Pinkies up to Conscious for engineering this episode at Bondfire Radio! You can find him on twitter @Conscious, and check out our fellow independent media friends at www.BondfireRadio.com WEBSITE www.TeaWithQueenAndJ.com SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter & Instagram: @TeawithQJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeawithQueenandJ Tumblr: teawithqueenandj.tumblr.com EMAIL teawithqueenandj@gmail.com EVENTS Queen and J. will be broadcasting live from the 3rd Annual Bondfire Radio Audio Festival on Saturday, September 3, 2016. Check the link for tickets and info! http://bfraudiofest2016.eventbrite.com NOTES & EXTRA TEA Please check out this incredibly detailed series of tweets by @DwayneDavidPaul for more information on Ramsey Orta and how you can support him and his family. #SupportRamsey twitter.com/dwaynedavidpaul/sta…/752200478918840320 You can make a donations via PayPal through the email address ortaramsey@gmail.com where Ramsey and (once incarcerated) his wife Bella, manage the account directly. J.'s sister is documenting her journey with breast cancer. Follow her on at jasmineses.tumblr.com and on twitter & instagram @jasmineses to offer words of support or to gain some of for your own journey. And if you'd like, please donate and/or share her go fund me page: www.gofundme.com/t6e5wew Check out www.capitalizetheB.com to join the movement and sign the petition for the AP Stylebook to capitalize the letter B when referring to individuals of African descent as Black. Petition: www.change.org/p/the-new-york-ti…m_medium=copylink Help insure that undocumented immigrants have access to clean water in Flint, Michigan through the Latino Collaborative: www.crowdrise.com/watercrisisinfli…inocollaborative We won't forget about Monique and Larissa. To learn more about the Free Monique and Larissa from Kuwait campaign click here: www.change.org/p/free-monique-an…risoned-in-kuwait Last year activists, protestors, and researchers across the nation launched Campaign Zero, a comprehensive plan to end police violence. Check out www.joincampaignzero.org to get more information on the plan and see where the 2016 presidential candidates and your local politicians stand. Pinkies up to Ohene Cornelius for our show intro, check out his new album Flight Risk available everywhere online now. You can find Ohene on instagram and twitter @ohenecornelius and online at www.ohenecornelius.com Pinkies up to T. Flint for our New That's Not New's intro! Find him at www.TFlintVoices.com