Episode Description: Politickin’ with Jason Whitlock (4/6/21)

Curtis Scoon and Jason Whitlock sit down to discuss this week’s hottest topics in Politickin’. Including the MLB moving the All-Star from Atlanta, Raphael Warnock and his Easter faux pas, Kevin Durant, Clarence Thomas, Paul Pierce, and more!

• 00:25 – MLB All-Star game + Georgia voting
• 02:57 – What started Scoon’s interest in politics
• 05:58 – Voter suppression
• 08:00 – Reaction to pandemic lockdown
• 09:50 – Social media + constructive feedback
• 15:00 – Agendas and tactics of political parties
• 27:24 – Corporations and politics
• 33:25 – The definition of Black
• 36:09 – Raphael Warnock + pulpit politicians
• 43:19 – Martin Luther King Jr. + Civil Rights movement
• 47:27 – The role of fear + psychological damage
• 49:45 – Zambia + China
• 50:46 – Personal identity
• 58:50 – Economic power in black community
• 01:03:50 – Fear and manipulation
• 01:04:55 – Where are the real black men?
• 01:07:40 – What is fun?
• 01:10:02 – Verzuz: Earth, Wind + Fire vs The Isley Brothers
• 01:13:21 – Music industry + cultural influence
• 01:23:25 – We have to figure out who we are on our own
• 01:42:30 – Paul Pierce + Instagram live streaming
• 01:48:30 – Kevin Durant + Michael Rapaport
• 01:55:00 – Clarence Thomas + big tech