SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-08-20_2200 RACE AND CULTURE, EGBERTO WILLIES & ERIC JOHNSON

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NOTE AFTER THE SHOW: Thanks so much to Egberto and Eric and the callers who were willing to participate and take advantage of the show’s “Safe Zone”, and share honesty and candor, and allow us to have a true dialogue. This show meant a lot to me. ~ Mike

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT TONIGHT’S SHOW: Race is a difficult, and even risky, topic for public discussion. Sometimes, one moment of naïve candor or an unfortunate turn of phrase can raise a firestorm of protest and criticism.

I am hoping that tonight’s show can be a “Judgment-Free Zone” in order to encourage a real and useful discussion of the challenges we ALL face when it comes to race relations.

 Over the past year, “ThinkwingRadio with Mike Honig” has brought you dozens of interesting guests and many uncommon or rarely heard topics of discussion. We have callers from across the political and ideological spectrum, and I endeavor to treat them all with respect and courtesy so we can generate a real flow of ideas. You can listen to almost any show I’ve ever done (going back to May 2010) by going to the archive tab.

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).

Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.) 

For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

• You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
• An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUEST(S):  Egberto Willies & Eric Johnson

TOPIC(s): RACE RELATIONS: WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG

NOTE: This post is subject to update before and after the show.

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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break:

SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show:

• EgbertoWillies.com. Political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship
• EricandElaine.com/about
• AVANCE’ Houston (www.avancehouston.org)
  • Head-start program for Hispanic community
  • “Community Empowerment Program”
  • ‘Healthy Marriage’

• Sociology of race and ethnic relations, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• 39:45 “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” (As part of entire soundtrack album)

  • Also excerpted below:

• Ferguson Cop Had ‘Serious Facial Injury,’ Source Tells ABC News

• ‘Afromaidan’: Foreign media cite Ferguson as evidence of US ‘failed state’, by Ben Piven, for Al-Jazeera America, August 19, 2014 5:00AM ET

• Aarón Martel ‏@aaronmartel 1h :: #Ferguson: “How you frame the story will change the story”. Great political graphic by @ncasenmare pic.twitter.com/527AD63Zfi [Retweeted by OccupyMyCat]