Brian Levy, a black, Native American Indian executive shared a different dimension to the black phenomenon. He spoke on the intercession of the natives and blacks, approach to navigating the success route, and his strategies to improve the life of the marginalized. "And so, she's being sheltered from that entire life, I'm really just more happy that she doesn't have to go through what I went through. Where, you know, I had to scrape and crawl through. It was made known to me really early on in m...
Nov 28, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Sue Subocz PhD - a white female executive, is the Provost of Walden University. She shared her experience as a Coast Guard Captain, and provided the specifics on the importance of higher education in driving the conversation forward. She emphasized the importance of critical listening, vulnerability, and skepticism. " More a series of events, where you say to yourself, some kind of inequity or disparate treatment because of confluence of events or systems that influence decision-making " - Sue S...
Nov 21, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Tolu Bamishigbin PhD/JD, a Nigerian-American female, shared her experience in the legal profession before she switched paths. She expanded on issues faced by black women in academia, the intellectual fear faced by black business leaders, and self-internalized racism among blacks. "A white man with a criminal record has a greater chance of getting a job, than a black man with no criminal record and a college degree" - Tolu Bamishigbin
Nov 14, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Dwight Coates, Chief Information Officer for Cydcor, expressed dismay about what America is experiencing in 2020 regarding racism. He shared his repertoire of actions, personally and professionally to effect the change we need for the reimagined black relations. "When I look back, could I have done more, absolutely could have done more. To think this terrible situation with George Floyd has just really awaken a lot of us to have conversations that we should have been having twenty thirty years a...
Nov 07, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Jennifer Randolph, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) executive at ThinqShift, shared a personal experience on finding allies in interesting places, and professionally, how DEI works to benefit all stakeholders. "And that was really my first experience of having a white male ally in the work place. And I will say, in the first 30 days of our working together and developing a rapport, he knew I was ready. And the education he gave me about what I needed to do to raise my visibility and to...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 12
Stephen Hill, a black male executive, most recently the President of programming at BET, shared his thoughts on pre- and post-crack relationships with law enforcement, the importance of supporting your own, and the criticality of making it home alive. ""I'm Officer Friendly, Friendly Officer". And his whole thing is like, when you see me, come up and shake my hand. Let's talk. And so, that was my interaction with police when I was very young, because of the way the D.C policing system was set up...
Oct 24, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Vicki Shillington is a white, female, South African born executive. She introduced us to white life in South Africa during "apartheid". While describing the subtleties of white privileges in our everyday life, she also provided insight at the C-suite. "And it's inconceivable to me that, that's what you live through, and it's embarrassing to me, to not even know that was going on, and I've never even thought to ask - and this are my friends, and I had no idea this was ...(sigh of emotional pain) ...
Oct 03, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Valerie Sheppard, a black female executive took us on her journey to the top. Her struggles for acceptance among whites, and not being black enough for blacks. Her call to action were profound. "I have been acculturated white in a black body. It was always instilled in me that black people have to work twice as hard to get half as much. Like, that was just a given....Outwardly, it's obvious I'm black, I don't pass for something not black, I am black or of black descent but inside..." Valerie She...
Sep 25, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Matt Smith was a Vice President at RGP. He shared his thoughts about: the genesis of the gangs, challenging socio-economic systemic issues, and proffered top down solutions to meet the energy from the ongoing bottom up engagement. "I think when it's tangential, when it doesn't really touch you at home, it's a concept, and then as kids or young adults, you start to look for reasons why, why was there a Watts riot, why the uproar about Rodney King. It must make logical sense, there must be some ju...
Sep 19, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Renowned Anthropologist Dr. Eric Montgomery walked us from the beginning of time through now. He shared critical facts such as Out of Africa (OOA) and introduced us to the concept of "decolonization of minds". He mentioned key points, including - people are afraid of black people; blacks enslaved other blacks; the inaccuracy of the history of the world's first millionaire; and proffered solutions for blacks, whites, racists, and African nations. "But the most important elephant in the room is, t...
Sep 11, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Duane Filey, Chief of Staff at Walmart, spoke about his experience as a black man, his keys to success and the shortcomings in corporate. "For me, I've been in such a white world, I'm the only brother most of the time, that I've code-shifted so much, that I don't even know how to go back. I just do it 24/7 because..." Duane Filey
Sep 05, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Vips Kapadia, a brown British executive and Chief Executive Officer of ThinqShift, spoke about his experience as an Indian Brit, and his perception on racism towards black people. He affirmed that nothing will help other than a more equitable distribution of wealth within a capitalist structure. "Certainly when I was in my late teens, I did often find physically imposing black people frightening. Just viscerally, oh my God, I could be, I could be in trouble here" - Vips Kapadia...
Aug 29, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Dr. George Fraser, a global award winner with over 350 awards and citations around the world became a recipient of Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award under President Barack Obama in 2016. Dr. Fraser is the Chief Executive Officer of FraserNet Inc. He called the black race to order, expressing their need to understand their roots as descendants of kings, queens, and warriors. He reminded them that the 400 years of slavery was just a blip, the history before the 400 years must be modeled, rek...
Aug 22, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Dr. Ward Ulmer, President of Walden University is confident our generation can make a positive change that will be felt by future generations. He believes that each and every person is a product of their upbringing, and considering we all came from the same place, it is not okay to be racist. He asserted that, while he cannot control his white privilege, he can control whether he is racist or not. With the Walden community, he is committed to ensuring a safe, respectful, and open forum for peopl...
Aug 14, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Belinda Kendall, Chief Executive Officer of Promise Media Group shared her insights from both spiritual and social perspectives. She expressed the uniqueness of law enforcement officers' relationship between blacks and whites, and shared her understanding of the historical significance of the badge. Ms. Kendall reminded us to consider the impact of this racial discourse to both adults and children, particularly when they return to work and school. She is particularly concerned about the misunder...
Aug 08, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Allison Baird-James, Associate Vice Chancellor at UCLA Corporate Financial Services spoke about her multiracial family structure and some of their challenges. She shared her perspective on white privileges, and her vision of advancing a united human race. Allison is a white female executive, married to a black man, and they both raised three black men. She hopes to visit Africa one day. "It's not about white being treated less well, it's about blacks being treated equally well" - Allison Baird-J...
Jul 28, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1
We've experienced it all. We've heard it all. So what do we do now? Both black and white, and brown are in a state of bind - they are all in agreement that things cannot continue as it is, but how do we go forward? This is the purpose of Reimagining Black Relations. At the end of every episode, there will be next steps and talking points that can be implemented. The launch date is August 1 - subscribe now, to be ahead of the game. Talk to you soon.
Jul 19, 2020•3 min
