Here at the Black Information Network, we know how important it is for you to start your week off energized, engaged, and enlightened. There are always major stories that break over the weekend, and we feel you should know about the ones we are talking about today. So it's day tuned for our weekend recap featuring Bin News anchor Mimi Brown. This is the Black Information Network Daily Podcast and I'm your host ramses.

Here at the Black Information Network, we know how important it is for you to start your week off energized, engaged, and enlightened. There are always major stories that break over the weekend, and we feel you should know about the ones we are talking about today. So it's day tuned for our weekend recap featuring Bin News anchor Mimi Brown. This is the Black Information Network Daily Podcast and I'm your host ramses.

Jah and i am your host q Ward.

Jah and i am your host q Ward.

All Right, Mimi Brown, welcome back to the show. What's the latest? What's the greatest?

All Right, Mimi Brown, welcome back to the show. What's the latest? What's the greatest?

Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here.

Thank you for having me. I'm happy to be here.

Okay, well, good good, God to have you back. Let's get to the news. I know we got some interesting things to cover. So first up from the Chicago Defender, a scholarship has been launched in honor of Caleb Wilson, the Southern University student who died after collapsing during an Omega Sci Fi fraternity ritual last month. On Friday, March twenty first, the rapper Boosey announced that he was starting the Caleb Wilson Memorial Scholarship at his annual Boosey Bash festival at Southern University. Per ball Or Alert Boosey said the scholarship will honor Wilson's life and serve as a fund to support other students pursuing their education at Southern. Announcement comes after Wilson, twenty died on February twenty sixth after participating in an Omega Sci Fi initiation of it. Wilson was allegedly standing in line with other pledges when he was forced to take punches to the chest as part of the initiation process. After being hit, Wilson reportedly collapsed and had a seizure. The Southern University student was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. So, you know, there are people that are equally as moved, it appears by this story as we were here at the Black Information Network, Boosey being one of them. Your early thoughts here in your reactions to it, mem.

Okay, well, good good, God to have you back. Let's get to the news. I know we got some interesting things to cover. So first up from the Chicago Defender, a scholarship has been launched in honor of Caleb Wilson, the Southern University student who died after collapsing during an Omega Sci Fi fraternity ritual last month. On Friday, March twenty first, the rapper Boosey announced that he was starting the Caleb Wilson Memorial Scholarship at his annual Boosey Bash festival at Southern University. Per ball Or Alert Boosey said the scholarship will honor Wilson's life and serve as a fund to support other students pursuing their education at Southern. Announcement comes after Wilson, twenty died on February twenty sixth after participating in an Omega Sci Fi initiation of it. Wilson was allegedly standing in line with other pledges when he was forced to take punches to the chest as part of the initiation process. After being hit, Wilson reportedly collapsed and had a seizure. The Southern University student was taken to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. So, you know, there are people that are equally as moved, it appears by this story as we were here at the Black Information Network, Boosey being one of them. Your early thoughts here in your reactions to it, mem.

Yeah, you know, let me start out my saying, of course, it's heartbreaking that such a young life was lost in such a tragic way, and I'm grateful for the community that seems to be rallying behind this and bringing a light and shedding light to you know, just a serious reflection on the hazing practices and things of that nature. So kudos Toubutsi for doing this and for celebrating this young man and always keeping his name alive at Southern University.

Yeah, you know, let me start out my saying, of course, it's heartbreaking that such a young life was lost in such a tragic way, and I'm grateful for the community that seems to be rallying behind this and bringing a light and shedding light to you know, just a serious reflection on the hazing practices and things of that nature. So kudos Toubutsi for doing this and for celebrating this young man and always keeping his name alive at Southern University.

I think this is good.

I think this is good.

I think this will provide financial support, as he said, to students who will continue to come after him, and also just kind of as sad, as a reminder for others as they are thinking of engaging in such senseless acts and what those consequences can look like.

I think this will provide financial support, as he said, to students who will continue to come after him, and also just kind of as sad, as a reminder for others as they are thinking of engaging in such senseless acts and what those consequences can look like.

And so, you know, I think that this is a good.

And so, you know, I think that this is a good.

Thing, and I hope that others will follow in his footsteps to do important things to help remember this young man.

Thing, and I hope that others will follow in his footsteps to do important things to help remember this young man.

Sure, you.

Sure, you.

Know, I hope that this young man's family gets whatever their version of justice is and that this scholarship and hopefully other things will have a positive and symbolic long going Hopefully it's a part of a positive and symbolic longgoing journey for that family, that when that young man's name comes up, that it's always tied to something positive, like, you know, presenting an opportunity for another student to pursue what he was in pursuit of. We are parents. We could not imagine being in the shoes of this young man's parents and what that would feel like, so I'm just praying that people in his community and his family gets some solace, some justice, some peace, but that this is a constant reminder moving forward of what that young man was in pursuit of and what his life meant, you know, taken away at such a young age, in pursuit of something great, which is education, and something that couldn't have you know, been taken away from him. It's it's this story will always be sad, I think to all three of us, into really everybody that's listening, this is never going to be something easy to try to process. But you know, shouts to Boosy and for anyone else who in the future gets involved in the way of turning this young man's memory into something positive.

Know, I hope that this young man's family gets whatever their version of justice is and that this scholarship and hopefully other things will have a positive and symbolic long going Hopefully it's a part of a positive and symbolic longgoing journey for that family, that when that young man's name comes up, that it's always tied to something positive, like, you know, presenting an opportunity for another student to pursue what he was in pursuit of. We are parents. We could not imagine being in the shoes of this young man's parents and what that would feel like, so I'm just praying that people in his community and his family gets some solace, some justice, some peace, but that this is a constant reminder moving forward of what that young man was in pursuit of and what his life meant, you know, taken away at such a young age, in pursuit of something great, which is education, and something that couldn't have you know, been taken away from him. It's it's this story will always be sad, I think to all three of us, into really everybody that's listening, this is never going to be something easy to try to process. But you know, shouts to Boosy and for anyone else who in the future gets involved in the way of turning this young man's memory into something positive.

You know, the when I was checking this story out, my thoughts kind of drifted to the people who have to kind of face the consequences for this, and you know, I know that this story is about Boosy and the scholarship and so forth, but just one of the things that kind of stayed with me that you know, I'm still processing is the fallout. Right, there's a group of young men who have to be really proud of what it is that they're doing. I'm bringing in new fraternity members and you know, their their brotherhood is growing, and they're responsible for making sure that these people that they're bringing in understand what it is they're coming into that they sort of have the metal, you know whatever, and it's all seemed, it all seems well and good, and you know, I'm sure everyone's intentions are are well founded and so forth, and I know that this has to be an accident, and I don't think anybody woke up that morning with the intention of, you know, this as an outcome. And I'm not sure what in the way of warnings they had, you know, for things like this, not to do this, this could lead to this, you know, who knows. But while it it's it's it's all well and good for us to say it's a sad story all the way around. I think that you know it to say this part of the story really kind of provide some substance for that, because there's no nobody walks away from this any better. And so to your point, Q, the best that we can do now is try to remember what he stood for, and hopefully Bussy's taking a step toward that end. And if this scholarship does, you know, help fortify the journey of an individual who is perhaps pursuing the same goals or you know, whatever the case is, that this and other acts can stand you know, sort of as a memory, you know, just a quick comparison. You know, you will remember this when we went to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in d C. And we saw the Emmett Till exhibit and he was so young, and we think of the name Emmitt Till because it's from so long ago, like he's an old. That name has been around my whole life. So you just think that the life, there's a life associated that. It's just kind of how your mind works. And then you look at that tiny casket and you're like, oh my god, he didn't get to grow up. Oh my god. You know, it's such a heart heartbreaking thing. Man. And you know, again, another point you MADECCU is that we're parents, and so we can look at this as as parents, you know, and it's just there's if this is the best we can hope or we'll take it. But it's still so sad. But you know, shout out to Bussy for taking this step in My hope is, of course, that other folks will follow suit, and that you know, we hear doing our part, will continue to honor his legacy and the legacy of those people like him at till those people that didn't get to grow up, but somehow their name now means more to us, So you know, onward. Next up from Blast, Beyonce's dad, Matthew Knowles has responded to Kanye West attack on his grandkids, Sir and Rumy. Carter. West courted controversy earlier this week when he questioned Jay Z and Beyonce's twins mental capacity in a sense deleted tweet. Speaking to TMZ, Matthew shared his certainty that West will reap the rewards of his actions soon enough. Matthew said that after over three decades in the business, he knows that quote people pay a price for being stupid, especially in the music industry unquote. Although Matthew is displeased with wes comments about his grandkids, he acknowledged that the college dropout rappers' mental illness is behind his constant rants on social media. Hence, he hoped the father of four would find help, saying, quote, I'm hopeful Kanye gets the type of help he needs in terms of mental health. So you know, I know you were well aware when this happened, because you know it's a big deal around here at the BIM. But you know your thoughts on Beyonce's father's reaction here at.

You know, the when I was checking this story out, my thoughts kind of drifted to the people who have to kind of face the consequences for this, and you know, I know that this story is about Boosy and the scholarship and so forth, but just one of the things that kind of stayed with me that you know, I'm still processing is the fallout. Right, there's a group of young men who have to be really proud of what it is that they're doing. I'm bringing in new fraternity members and you know, their their brotherhood is growing, and they're responsible for making sure that these people that they're bringing in understand what it is they're coming into that they sort of have the metal, you know whatever, and it's all seemed, it all seems well and good, and you know, I'm sure everyone's intentions are are well founded and so forth, and I know that this has to be an accident, and I don't think anybody woke up that morning with the intention of, you know, this as an outcome. And I'm not sure what in the way of warnings they had, you know, for things like this, not to do this, this could lead to this, you know, who knows. But while it it's it's it's all well and good for us to say it's a sad story all the way around. I think that you know it to say this part of the story really kind of provide some substance for that, because there's no nobody walks away from this any better. And so to your point, Q, the best that we can do now is try to remember what he stood for, and hopefully Bussy's taking a step toward that end. And if this scholarship does, you know, help fortify the journey of an individual who is perhaps pursuing the same goals or you know, whatever the case is, that this and other acts can stand you know, sort of as a memory, you know, just a quick comparison. You know, you will remember this when we went to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in d C. And we saw the Emmett Till exhibit and he was so young, and we think of the name Emmitt Till because it's from so long ago, like he's an old. That name has been around my whole life. So you just think that the life, there's a life associated that. It's just kind of how your mind works. And then you look at that tiny casket and you're like, oh my god, he didn't get to grow up. Oh my god. You know, it's such a heart heartbreaking thing. Man. And you know, again, another point you MADECCU is that we're parents, and so we can look at this as as parents, you know, and it's just there's if this is the best we can hope or we'll take it. But it's still so sad. But you know, shout out to Bussy for taking this step in My hope is, of course, that other folks will follow suit, and that you know, we hear doing our part, will continue to honor his legacy and the legacy of those people like him at till those people that didn't get to grow up, but somehow their name now means more to us, So you know, onward. Next up from Blast, Beyonce's dad, Matthew Knowles has responded to Kanye West attack on his grandkids, Sir and Rumy. Carter. West courted controversy earlier this week when he questioned Jay Z and Beyonce's twins mental capacity in a sense deleted tweet. Speaking to TMZ, Matthew shared his certainty that West will reap the rewards of his actions soon enough. Matthew said that after over three decades in the business, he knows that quote people pay a price for being stupid, especially in the music industry unquote. Although Matthew is displeased with wes comments about his grandkids, he acknowledged that the college dropout rappers' mental illness is behind his constant rants on social media. Hence, he hoped the father of four would find help, saying, quote, I'm hopeful Kanye gets the type of help he needs in terms of mental health. So you know, I know you were well aware when this happened, because you know it's a big deal around here at the BIM. But you know your thoughts on Beyonce's father's reaction here at.

Mimi Oh were a start with this one. Right.

Mimi Oh were a start with this one. Right.

We all know that of course Kanye has something is wrong, something is going on.

We all know that of course Kanye has something is wrong, something is going on.

But how many.

But how many.

Times, how many excuses do we give him to continue to say things like this, I mean, whether it is we're talking about Nazis, but now we're talking about people's kids. I just think, you know, all of what he said, all of what he's doing, is is is off limits, is outrageous, and we kind of just chalk it up to mental health. I think that Matthew's comments were gracious because I don't know if that were or my grandkids or my kids period, that I would have had the amount of tact that he had. I think even Miss Tina her response, you know, it was very classy. It was very I think she said she she she told a joke or something and said that something.

Times, how many excuses do we give him to continue to say things like this, I mean, whether it is we're talking about Nazis, but now we're talking about people's kids. I just think, you know, all of what he said, all of what he's doing, is is is off limits, is outrageous, and we kind of just chalk it up to mental health. I think that Matthew's comments were gracious because I don't know if that were or my grandkids or my kids period, that I would have had the amount of tact that he had. I think even Miss Tina her response, you know, it was very classy. It was very I think she said she she she told a joke or something and said that something.

About he would what was it? She told a joke but.

About he would what was it? She told a joke but.

Said something about how you respond to how you respond to something is is is all.

Said something about how you respond to how you respond to something is is is all.

Measured and in what you're saying. I don't remember.

Measured and in what you're saying. I don't remember.

Exactly what how she said it, but it was very classy, very misteen, a way to say something, right. But and then they're saying that jay Z and Beyonce may take legal action. I don't. I think that we have gotten to a point where, you know, people are just saying anything, especially Kanye.

Exactly what how she said it, but it was very classy, very misteen, a way to say something, right. But and then they're saying that jay Z and Beyonce may take legal action. I don't. I think that we have gotten to a point where, you know, people are just saying anything, especially Kanye.

But I think kids should be off limits. I think we don't know for sure anything about those children.

But I think kids should be off limits. I think we don't know for sure anything about those children.

We know that those are their children, and how they choose to raise them, whether they're in the public eye or not, is none of our business, right, And so I think that he was very out of pocket for this comment. And if there's some sort of legal action that could be taken, I mean, listen, do what you must to protect your children.

We know that those are their children, and how they choose to raise them, whether they're in the public eye or not, is none of our business, right, And so I think that he was very out of pocket for this comment. And if there's some sort of legal action that could be taken, I mean, listen, do what you must to protect your children.

Yeah, yeah, I have a sense of how you feel about this, Q, but don't let me stay your brief.

Yeah, yeah, I have a sense of how you feel about this, Q, but don't let me stay your brief.

I'm now exhausted at the idea that, well, you know, that's just Kanye, and you know he's got a mental health thing going on, and you know he's just going to Kanye. He's now past provocateur, past troll, past attention seeking, past ridiculous. And he's been at this for so long, and he's gone to such extremes that he kind of gets away with it, like there's like brief selective outrage for a few hours or a couple of days, and then he gets to put an album out, or launch a new clothing brand, or put out a new shoe. And there are people similar to our president that and his supporters. No matter what they do, they cannot lose that base. They're going to apologize for them and make excuses for them, and everything they do and say is okay, no matter how offensive, no matter how cruel, no matter how mean and dark and sinister. It's just you know, them being them, and people kind of take a chuckle at it and laugh it off. And you know, I've stayed in my position on the decisions that he makes. And I think he has weaponized mental health and uses it as like some protective cloak. You know, when he actually does get in trouble, he gets to run to be someone dealing with the mental health crisis, and then you know, in his mind be forgiven for all his sins, and you know, only God can judge him. But as a man, I don't have to just continue to be okay with the way he presents himself to the world and the way that he finds every underrepresented community on Earth and just hurls insults at them repeatedly, and we somehow collectively have this grace tucked away for him, Like even the grandfather of the children that he so grossly insulted finds this grace that you know, hopefully, one day Kanye is going to be okay, and you know, he'll get the help that he needs. Kanye is a billionaire, so the help he needs has been available to him for twenty years because he's been rich for a long time, and he's either choosing to not get the help he needs or is telling us all how he really feels every day and knows that, you know, he can play the mental health card and everything's going to be okay. And I've been over it for a long time, and many a news outlets have hurt my position on this.

I'm now exhausted at the idea that, well, you know, that's just Kanye, and you know he's got a mental health thing going on, and you know he's just going to Kanye. He's now past provocateur, past troll, past attention seeking, past ridiculous. And he's been at this for so long, and he's gone to such extremes that he kind of gets away with it, like there's like brief selective outrage for a few hours or a couple of days, and then he gets to put an album out, or launch a new clothing brand, or put out a new shoe. And there are people similar to our president that and his supporters. No matter what they do, they cannot lose that base. They're going to apologize for them and make excuses for them, and everything they do and say is okay, no matter how offensive, no matter how cruel, no matter how mean and dark and sinister. It's just you know, them being them, and people kind of take a chuckle at it and laugh it off. And you know, I've stayed in my position on the decisions that he makes. And I think he has weaponized mental health and uses it as like some protective cloak. You know, when he actually does get in trouble, he gets to run to be someone dealing with the mental health crisis, and then you know, in his mind be forgiven for all his sins, and you know, only God can judge him. But as a man, I don't have to just continue to be okay with the way he presents himself to the world and the way that he finds every underrepresented community on Earth and just hurls insults at them repeatedly, and we somehow collectively have this grace tucked away for him, Like even the grandfather of the children that he so grossly insulted finds this grace that you know, hopefully, one day Kanye is going to be okay, and you know, he'll get the help that he needs. Kanye is a billionaire, so the help he needs has been available to him for twenty years because he's been rich for a long time, and he's either choosing to not get the help he needs or is telling us all how he really feels every day and knows that, you know, he can play the mental health card and everything's going to be okay. And I've been over it for a long time, and many a news outlets have hurt my position on this.

Yeah, that's about what I was. What I was thinking. For those that are that may have missed, it might have been an episode of One More Thing, or you know, it was something that we did. You know, I kind of learned that lesson on air you know, Q and I having a conversation about Kanye West. I suspect it was about this, so it's fairly recent, and you know, I kind of did the same thing.

Yeah, that's about what I was. What I was thinking. For those that are that may have missed, it might have been an episode of One More Thing, or you know, it was something that we did. You know, I kind of learned that lesson on air you know, Q and I having a conversation about Kanye West. I suspect it was about this, so it's fairly recent, and you know, I kind of did the same thing.

You know.

You know.

My position was that, you know, I don't love the idea of tearing down a black man or a black woman, or really anything black, a black business. I don't like the idea of that. I think that there's enough forces out in the world to do that already. If I have a problem with somebody black, I will deal with it or talk about it behind closed doors, or I'll just say nothing if I have to, you know, say something onto a mic. Right, it could be someone I despise, and I just won't say anything, no comment, right, And I felt like my people needed that from me. But you know, in this particular position, we have to talk about these things. This is the nature of the job, and so trying to have the intersection of you know, what the job requires with those forces that I feel are appropriate to kind of continue to uplift my people as in general generally speaking, Kanye West is the most problematic element that I encounter at that intersection, because his behavior insists that we speak out against that and the repeated offenses compels me to not condemn the behavior, but to condemn the person, because you know, one mistake is excusable, two mistakes, three mistakes is a pattern. But we have years of this to your point, Q and I know these years of it, and I watched it all happen, and me always trying to have some grace for Kanye that he will come back around or circle back. It was really hard to let go of that. But the fact of the matter is that he if he didn't have black skin, he would be indistinguishable from a white supremacist Nazi and all those people that we condemn on all of our shows, Q and I because their behavior beer is reprehensible, because they actively harm black and brown people in our plight for an equitable go in this country, et cetera. You know, the way I condemn them, that's the same way I should be condemning Kanye West at this point. And so again, while I salute you know, Tina and and you know everyone who has something gracious to say about him, you know a little I'm running a little behind Q, but I'm now at the point where, yeah, there's there's no more. So there's there's a complete radio silence of Kanye West. So when I DJ, when I when I talk, when I have conversations, whatever, I have to speak out against it, you know. And that's that. So anybody else who's a supporter of Kanye, I'm no longer a safe space for you.

My position was that, you know, I don't love the idea of tearing down a black man or a black woman, or really anything black, a black business. I don't like the idea of that. I think that there's enough forces out in the world to do that already. If I have a problem with somebody black, I will deal with it or talk about it behind closed doors, or I'll just say nothing if I have to, you know, say something onto a mic. Right, it could be someone I despise, and I just won't say anything, no comment, right, And I felt like my people needed that from me. But you know, in this particular position, we have to talk about these things. This is the nature of the job, and so trying to have the intersection of you know, what the job requires with those forces that I feel are appropriate to kind of continue to uplift my people as in general generally speaking, Kanye West is the most problematic element that I encounter at that intersection, because his behavior insists that we speak out against that and the repeated offenses compels me to not condemn the behavior, but to condemn the person, because you know, one mistake is excusable, two mistakes, three mistakes is a pattern. But we have years of this to your point, Q and I know these years of it, and I watched it all happen, and me always trying to have some grace for Kanye that he will come back around or circle back. It was really hard to let go of that. But the fact of the matter is that he if he didn't have black skin, he would be indistinguishable from a white supremacist Nazi and all those people that we condemn on all of our shows, Q and I because their behavior beer is reprehensible, because they actively harm black and brown people in our plight for an equitable go in this country, et cetera. You know, the way I condemn them, that's the same way I should be condemning Kanye West at this point. And so again, while I salute you know, Tina and and you know everyone who has something gracious to say about him, you know a little I'm running a little behind Q, but I'm now at the point where, yeah, there's there's no more. So there's there's a complete radio silence of Kanye West. So when I DJ, when I when I talk, when I have conversations, whatever, I have to speak out against it, you know. And that's that. So anybody else who's a supporter of Kanye, I'm no longer a safe space for you.

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Next up from NBC News, a white West Virginia couple found guilty of forcing their five adopted black children to work as slaves on their farm were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. Jenny K. Whitefeather, sixty three, was sentenced Wednesday to two hundred and fifteen years in prison. Her husband, Donald Lance, sixty four, received one hundred and sixty years. Quote. You brought these kids to West Virginia, a place as I know as almost heaven and put them in hell, Circuit Judge Court judge, sorry, Circuit Court Judge Mary Claire Akers said, according to NBC affiliate WSAZ of Huntington, West Virginia. Goes on to say the court will now put you in yours. May God have mercy on your souls, because this corp will not. The couple adopted the children from a shelter for homeless and vulnerable youths. White Feather and Lance were living in Minnesota at the time, and moved the children to Washington State in twenty eighteen and then West Virginia. In twenty twenty three. The Associated Press reported an indictment alleged the couple targeted the children for forced labor because of their race. They were charged with human trafficking, child neglect, force labor, and other crimes. So, yeah, this is one that we've been following since the initial charges. I'm sure that we're all going to have a lot to say about it. So Mimi, it's your show, come to.

Next up from NBC News, a white West Virginia couple found guilty of forcing their five adopted black children to work as slaves on their farm were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. Jenny K. Whitefeather, sixty three, was sentenced Wednesday to two hundred and fifteen years in prison. Her husband, Donald Lance, sixty four, received one hundred and sixty years. Quote. You brought these kids to West Virginia, a place as I know as almost heaven and put them in hell, Circuit Judge Court judge, sorry, Circuit Court Judge Mary Claire Akers said, according to NBC affiliate WSAZ of Huntington, West Virginia. Goes on to say the court will now put you in yours. May God have mercy on your souls, because this corp will not. The couple adopted the children from a shelter for homeless and vulnerable youths. White Feather and Lance were living in Minnesota at the time, and moved the children to Washington State in twenty eighteen and then West Virginia. In twenty twenty three. The Associated Press reported an indictment alleged the couple targeted the children for forced labor because of their race. They were charged with human trafficking, child neglect, force labor, and other crimes. So, yeah, this is one that we've been following since the initial charges. I'm sure that we're all going to have a lot to say about it. So Mimi, it's your show, come to.

Me, Yeah, for sure.

Me, Yeah, for sure.

You know, I have been following this case for a really long time, and I think there's so much here. The couple, as you mentioned, adopted these children from Minnesota. They went to Washington State, then they moved them to West Virginia. So this has been going on for years, and I think what's very important to note is that a neighbor noticed this, and a neighbor called Child Protective Services and they reported what was going on. Now, the Child Protective Services they came out and they did an investigation and they found that the children ages from five to eighteen. I think maybe the oldest child was living with a friend at the time. You know, they were being severely abused, They were living in a cage, they were not being fed, subjected to all kinds of physical emotional abuse. And I think what is so hurtful about this story is that, yes, they were targeted for their race. But in the present time that we're living in right now, with the Trump administration and how they're calling for a freeze on most federal programs, especially those on social services that have a direct impact to foster care agency, homeless shelters, child protective services, stories like this will be harder to find, They will be harder to detect, they will be harder to investigate, you know. And I think that as we as we continue down this road that we've never been before, we're learning so much about and we're seeing things, and kudos to this judge for throwing the book at them, But when we look back at what we're facing now, these these these funding freezes that the Trump administration is proposing the ability for child were fair welfare agencies to.

You know, I have been following this case for a really long time, and I think there's so much here. The couple, as you mentioned, adopted these children from Minnesota. They went to Washington State, then they moved them to West Virginia. So this has been going on for years, and I think what's very important to note is that a neighbor noticed this, and a neighbor called Child Protective Services and they reported what was going on. Now, the Child Protective Services they came out and they did an investigation and they found that the children ages from five to eighteen. I think maybe the oldest child was living with a friend at the time. You know, they were being severely abused, They were living in a cage, they were not being fed, subjected to all kinds of physical emotional abuse. And I think what is so hurtful about this story is that, yes, they were targeted for their race. But in the present time that we're living in right now, with the Trump administration and how they're calling for a freeze on most federal programs, especially those on social services that have a direct impact to foster care agency, homeless shelters, child protective services, stories like this will be harder to find, They will be harder to detect, they will be harder to investigate, you know. And I think that as we as we continue down this road that we've never been before, we're learning so much about and we're seeing things, and kudos to this judge for throwing the book at them, But when we look back at what we're facing now, these these these funding freezes that the Trump administration is proposing the ability for child were fair welfare agencies to.

Do their job, they will no longer uh.

Do their job, they will no longer uh.

Be able to investigate cases like this, and so it is it is uh important that uh, you know, you know, I don't know what the answers is because we're living in unprecedented, unprecedented times, but it's very important that we just continue to uh investigate and call out these stories because not only that these children face the physical and emotional.

Be able to investigate cases like this, and so it is it is uh important that uh, you know, you know, I don't know what the answers is because we're living in unprecedented, unprecedented times, but it's very important that we just continue to uh investigate and call out these stories because not only that these children face the physical and emotional.

Abuse, their lives will forever be changed.

Abuse, their lives will forever be changed.

This is something that they're gonna live with, you know, forever, and gonna need all sorts of care. And so you know, I, I, I, it's disgusting. There's so many, you know, adjectives that you can use. But I think that where we are now in America and being able to pinpoint where we're going and being able to continue to keep an eye out for people who abuse the system is going to get harder and harder to detect.

This is something that they're gonna live with, you know, forever, and gonna need all sorts of care. And so you know, I, I, I, it's disgusting. There's so many, you know, adjectives that you can use. But I think that where we are now in America and being able to pinpoint where we're going and being able to continue to keep an eye out for people who abuse the system is going to get harder and harder to detect.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I have to echo your sentiments, Mimi. The resources that it must have taken to pursue this case, investigate this case, try this case, and actually convict these people had to be an interstate cooperative agency, you know, cross state bounds case like a lot of people had to be involved for the evidence to line up and for this couple to be sentenced, not just found guilty, but sentenced to an incredible amount of time in prison. This might be the last time we see a case like this turn out this way, because, as you know, the current administration and the current state of our nation points to things like this being more normal and is setting up circumstances for things like this to be able to happen on a more regular basis without oversight, without resources, and without protection for children. It seems every other day or every day, there's some rollback of some protection for the people who are most vulnerable in our country. So kudos to this judge and for all law enforcement that was involved in this case, to the attorneys. God bless these children. Right this couple has been sentenced, but a lot of damage has already been done. So I'm praying that this traumatic period of these children's lives have not broken them and damaged them emotionally and mentally forever, because it is hard to recover from what it sounds like they went through. And you know, maybe one hundred years isn't enough time for the couple that did this. You know.

I have to echo your sentiments, Mimi. The resources that it must have taken to pursue this case, investigate this case, try this case, and actually convict these people had to be an interstate cooperative agency, you know, cross state bounds case like a lot of people had to be involved for the evidence to line up and for this couple to be sentenced, not just found guilty, but sentenced to an incredible amount of time in prison. This might be the last time we see a case like this turn out this way, because, as you know, the current administration and the current state of our nation points to things like this being more normal and is setting up circumstances for things like this to be able to happen on a more regular basis without oversight, without resources, and without protection for children. It seems every other day or every day, there's some rollback of some protection for the people who are most vulnerable in our country. So kudos to this judge and for all law enforcement that was involved in this case, to the attorneys. God bless these children. Right this couple has been sentenced, but a lot of damage has already been done. So I'm praying that this traumatic period of these children's lives have not broken them and damaged them emotionally and mentally forever, because it is hard to recover from what it sounds like they went through. And you know, maybe one hundred years isn't enough time for the couple that did this. You know.

One of the things that stood out to me that kind of hasn't been stated by either of you yet, is that.

One of the things that stood out to me that kind of hasn't been stated by either of you yet, is that.

This judge is.

This judge is.

A white woman with blonde hair, like a conventionally attractive, you know, a person. And that stands out to me because this type of person typically doesn't need to heed the gravity of consequences. This person doesn't need to necessarily take accountability for their actions. Just the world has kind of in related this person in particular, this type of person in particular, So accountability and consequences and things like that aren't things that I typically associate with this type of person. They often enough get to just cry their way out of situations or whatever. But on the other side of it, there are people who look just like this judge. Why does a ghost blonde hair, I maybe, blue eyed, whatever.

A white woman with blonde hair, like a conventionally attractive, you know, a person. And that stands out to me because this type of person typically doesn't need to heed the gravity of consequences. This person doesn't need to necessarily take accountability for their actions. Just the world has kind of in related this person in particular, this type of person in particular, So accountability and consequences and things like that aren't things that I typically associate with this type of person. They often enough get to just cry their way out of situations or whatever. But on the other side of it, there are people who look just like this judge. Why does a ghost blonde hair, I maybe, blue eyed, whatever.

I don't know.

I don't know.

That morally, they just know right from wrong. And I need to like remind myself that these people exist because this woman, you know, I think Mimi said, she threw the book at this couple, She threw the bookshelf at this couple, She threw the library at this couple. Because collectively it's three hundred and seventy five years for slavery, right, and she could have seen, okay, this family was struggling. She could have heard their defense, you know, any of these number any number of things which she's like, no, wrong is wrong. And this court is going to do what it what's in its power to make sure that not only are you held accountable by you know, spending the rest of your life in prison, but that we send a message to the rest of the world that these children are particularly vulnerable, especially to this type of activity. This type of action, and they're in theory, should be consequences that are severe. And so you know, Q and I we work in the ally ship space, and you know, I would count this judge among one of those people based solely on you know, her response to this couple saying this court will not have mercy on you, you know, saying that West Virginia's should be almost heaven. To reference, I think it's the John Denver song or the Bob Denver song, you know, country roads, and I forget the artists, but anyway, that stood out to me. I thought that was really special because I when I read the article, I'm expecting the judge to be a black woman, right standing up for black children this way. And when I saw this lady, I was like, ally nice and in a judge in a judge ship, you know what I mean, Like fantastic, great, because we're taking whatever wins we can get for the next four years, because Lord knows, we've suffered a lot of losses and there's probably more to come. Finally, from the Black Information Network, a black woman activist has been detained by ICE amid President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts. According to report's thirty one year old Melissa Mellie mel at Well Holder, a social media activist who has been a vocal critic of the People's Progressive Party slash Civic government of Guyana and the opposition, is currently being held in nice custody in Louisiana. The specifics of at Well Holder's immigration status remain unclear. She reportedly traveled to the US last year, but the details of her legal standing haven't been publicly disclosed. The activist has a master hearing set for March twenty eighth, with Judge Francis Wanghi presiding over the case. A master hearing typically serves as the first appearance in an immigration case. It's not a trial, and no decisions are said to be made on the merits of the case during the hearing. No official reports have confirmed whether at willholder is facing deportation. So this is another one where I know Q's going to have a lot to say. But Mami, this is your show, so let's get to you first.

That morally, they just know right from wrong. And I need to like remind myself that these people exist because this woman, you know, I think Mimi said, she threw the book at this couple, She threw the bookshelf at this couple, She threw the library at this couple. Because collectively it's three hundred and seventy five years for slavery, right, and she could have seen, okay, this family was struggling. She could have heard their defense, you know, any of these number any number of things which she's like, no, wrong is wrong. And this court is going to do what it what's in its power to make sure that not only are you held accountable by you know, spending the rest of your life in prison, but that we send a message to the rest of the world that these children are particularly vulnerable, especially to this type of activity. This type of action, and they're in theory, should be consequences that are severe. And so you know, Q and I we work in the ally ship space, and you know, I would count this judge among one of those people based solely on you know, her response to this couple saying this court will not have mercy on you, you know, saying that West Virginia's should be almost heaven. To reference, I think it's the John Denver song or the Bob Denver song, you know, country roads, and I forget the artists, but anyway, that stood out to me. I thought that was really special because I when I read the article, I'm expecting the judge to be a black woman, right standing up for black children this way. And when I saw this lady, I was like, ally nice and in a judge in a judge ship, you know what I mean, Like fantastic, great, because we're taking whatever wins we can get for the next four years, because Lord knows, we've suffered a lot of losses and there's probably more to come. Finally, from the Black Information Network, a black woman activist has been detained by ICE amid President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts. According to report's thirty one year old Melissa Mellie mel at Well Holder, a social media activist who has been a vocal critic of the People's Progressive Party slash Civic government of Guyana and the opposition, is currently being held in nice custody in Louisiana. The specifics of at Well Holder's immigration status remain unclear. She reportedly traveled to the US last year, but the details of her legal standing haven't been publicly disclosed. The activist has a master hearing set for March twenty eighth, with Judge Francis Wanghi presiding over the case. A master hearing typically serves as the first appearance in an immigration case. It's not a trial, and no decisions are said to be made on the merits of the case during the hearing. No official reports have confirmed whether at willholder is facing deportation. So this is another one where I know Q's going to have a lot to say. But Mami, this is your show, so let's get to you first.

You know, so, as you mentioned, she was, she came in in twenty twenty two on a visitor's visa and so she stayed you know, beyond her a lot at time. She's currently in an ICE attention center in Louisiana. But I think that this is just a case study for the government being able to lock up political prisoners and see what happens. Because we were told that, you know, Ice was capturing the murders and the killers and the gang members and all the things. And while she has you know, overstayed her visa, I'm still sort of confused as to why she's she was locked up or why she's been you know, detained. You know, it seems like something like this could have been a letter you you know, you need to update your paperwork. But to be to be arrested and to be imprisoned for this, it just seems as if this could be a way to punish her for speaking out against the government, which you know, it's not our government, but I do think it's there's a precedence that they're establishing here and it's a it's an attack to kind of scare us, to scare people here in the US, like, Okay, this is what we're doing. We are you know, we don't, we don't want protests, we don't want you to speak out, and so we'll see. It's just there's so many questions about how immigration laws are going to be used in political struggles, and so we'll see what happens on March twenty eighth when she goes before the JUG And what that looks like.

You know, so, as you mentioned, she was, she came in in twenty twenty two on a visitor's visa and so she stayed you know, beyond her a lot at time. She's currently in an ICE attention center in Louisiana. But I think that this is just a case study for the government being able to lock up political prisoners and see what happens. Because we were told that, you know, Ice was capturing the murders and the killers and the gang members and all the things. And while she has you know, overstayed her visa, I'm still sort of confused as to why she's she was locked up or why she's been you know, detained. You know, it seems like something like this could have been a letter you you know, you need to update your paperwork. But to be to be arrested and to be imprisoned for this, it just seems as if this could be a way to punish her for speaking out against the government, which you know, it's not our government, but I do think it's there's a precedence that they're establishing here and it's a it's an attack to kind of scare us, to scare people here in the US, like, Okay, this is what we're doing. We are you know, we don't, we don't want protests, we don't want you to speak out, and so we'll see. It's just there's so many questions about how immigration laws are going to be used in political struggles, and so we'll see what happens on March twenty eighth when she goes before the JUG And what that looks like.

You, black woman activist, is how the headline starts and what follows that is detained by Ice. You will never hear the words white male, conservative immigrant detained by ice. Such a headline does not and will not exist. I've spoken to Ramses since we were watching the campaign unfold, and me me, it was a nerve wracking time for me because I could tell no one understood the stakes like I could tell I was looking around at people and no one was stressed out, no one was scared. No one was terrified, And on election Day I fell sick at the results, and because our election happens a few months before our president is inaugurated, I watched people slip back into normalcy like everything was okay. And I kept looking around waiting for people to storm the streets in protests to call for a recount, to exclaim that the election was rigged. And I figured out another master stroke and the strategy of Maga Republican white supremacists in this country. The way they behaved after Donald Trump fairly lost an election set a standard of lunacy that we did not want to repeat when the same thing actually happened to us. Our president has now said on live microphone with a camera pointed at him multiple times that they rig the election, that Elon Musk helped him get the computers to win the thing. And we were so put off by how tinfoil hat Maga Republicans looked as they declared their president's elections stolen, that we wouldn't dare do the same thing even when it actually happened. And I fear a time where people that look and think like us will be illegal. How we look and how we think against the law in this country. As long as we have these microphones in this platform, I want us to use them. But I cannot pretend that I feel like everything's going to be okay. The next time we have to use our passports, Ramses, I'm not sure I'll take my phone or my laptop with me.

You, black woman activist, is how the headline starts and what follows that is detained by Ice. You will never hear the words white male, conservative immigrant detained by ice. Such a headline does not and will not exist. I've spoken to Ramses since we were watching the campaign unfold, and me me, it was a nerve wracking time for me because I could tell no one understood the stakes like I could tell I was looking around at people and no one was stressed out, no one was scared. No one was terrified, And on election Day I fell sick at the results, and because our election happens a few months before our president is inaugurated, I watched people slip back into normalcy like everything was okay. And I kept looking around waiting for people to storm the streets in protests to call for a recount, to exclaim that the election was rigged. And I figured out another master stroke and the strategy of Maga Republican white supremacists in this country. The way they behaved after Donald Trump fairly lost an election set a standard of lunacy that we did not want to repeat when the same thing actually happened to us. Our president has now said on live microphone with a camera pointed at him multiple times that they rig the election, that Elon Musk helped him get the computers to win the thing. And we were so put off by how tinfoil hat Maga Republicans looked as they declared their president's elections stolen, that we wouldn't dare do the same thing even when it actually happened. And I fear a time where people that look and think like us will be illegal. How we look and how we think against the law in this country. As long as we have these microphones in this platform, I want us to use them. But I cannot pretend that I feel like everything's going to be okay. The next time we have to use our passports, Ramses, I'm not sure I'll take my phone or my laptop with me.

Yeah, I heard about that.

Yeah, I heard about that.

You know, I am not sure it'll be safe for us and for our children because tens of millions of people have heard our opinions on the current president, and he actively seeks out people that oppose him so that he can bully them, so that he can flex his muscle. So you know, his administration can do things that are clearly illegal because they've realized, okay, we broke the law, But who's going to enforce it. Who's going to come and arrest us? If no one, it doesn't matter that what we're doing is illegal or unconstitutional. We never believed in that thing anyway. When it was convenient for us to lean on the Constitution as a means to rile up our base. Sure, we did the same way we do the Bible, the same way that we do church, the same way that we do God and Christianity and you know, back the blue and stand up for our military before we do things that are directly opposed to their well being. So of course this could have gone another way, and of course it didn't.

You know, I am not sure it'll be safe for us and for our children because tens of millions of people have heard our opinions on the current president, and he actively seeks out people that oppose him so that he can bully them, so that he can flex his muscle. So you know, his administration can do things that are clearly illegal because they've realized, okay, we broke the law, But who's going to enforce it. Who's going to come and arrest us? If no one, it doesn't matter that what we're doing is illegal or unconstitutional. We never believed in that thing anyway. When it was convenient for us to lean on the Constitution as a means to rile up our base. Sure, we did the same way we do the Bible, the same way that we do church, the same way that we do God and Christianity and you know, back the blue and stand up for our military before we do things that are directly opposed to their well being. So of course this could have gone another way, and of course it didn't.

Well, there's a sobering reality behind your words. You know, I want to kind of breed some life into this. That border agents do have the capacity to check your phones and go through it. And you know, this administration has shown that. You know, if it appears though you have some beliefs that are not in alignment with the administration, that you know, you should be detained and your phone should be flagged and there should be an investigation and into who you are and they confiscate your phone. This is you know, I have not vetted this myself. I want to full disclosure, but you know they can either put software on your phone and track you, you know, get all your social media in for whatever the case is. And so you know, for us leaving the country, this is where Q is going with that taking our phones with us. It could be problematic if we try to return with our phones, because you know, then it's subject to basically a government scrutiny, a federal scrutiny, and you know we're definitely, you know, activist in the traditional sense. You know, we get outside and you know, bullhorns and you know, black block and you know, try to let our voices be heard and use our physical presence to try to you know, pad the numbers and hopefully display how a community feels and create some change and to see that. You know, this has happened to not just the woman in this story, but you know, famously Mahmood Khalil from Columbia University was arrested and you know, I'm not sure if he was deported, but I know that they're in the process of that trying to get him deported. And it's because of no other reason other than he was protesting on that campus. He was protesting Israel's response to the October seventh attacks. And so yeah, any voices of dissension are you know, people are definitely concerned. How far does free speech go under this administration? Is indeed their freedom of speech to all American citizens? You know, Qu's point is well made. Can they just say, well, these are not citizens because they're not pro America. So anybody that says anything anti American that they revoke their citizenship and therefore their subject to deportation, and this guy can do it, and you know, he has the army, he has the you know, and he has a majority of the states, and you know, all that all the way down. So it's a it's a time that this time that we live in is a time definitely worth you know, case studies of future you know, empires of what's right and what's wrong, and you know, maybe there's one of these that happens every hundred years or so that everyone learns from and maybe it's our time. But I still believe that, you know, we'll get through this, you know, and right is right, Nature is nature, and even without a microphone, things might take a little longer, but things will reorient and reorient themselves eventually, and even if it's not in the next four years. One thing that I just take comfort in knowing is that Donald Trump is old and out of shape and he's going to die soon, and that just makes me so happy. So, yeah, nobody lives forever, but you know, left to our own devices, I'm definitely going to outlive that guy. So I'll take that. Before I let you go, though, Mimi, I know that you have started a new podcast limited podcast series and we talked about it a bit before we started recording, but I want you to tell me all about to Alta Dina with Love.

Well, there's a sobering reality behind your words. You know, I want to kind of breed some life into this. That border agents do have the capacity to check your phones and go through it. And you know, this administration has shown that. You know, if it appears though you have some beliefs that are not in alignment with the administration, that you know, you should be detained and your phone should be flagged and there should be an investigation and into who you are and they confiscate your phone. This is you know, I have not vetted this myself. I want to full disclosure, but you know they can either put software on your phone and track you, you know, get all your social media in for whatever the case is. And so you know, for us leaving the country, this is where Q is going with that taking our phones with us. It could be problematic if we try to return with our phones, because you know, then it's subject to basically a government scrutiny, a federal scrutiny, and you know we're definitely, you know, activist in the traditional sense. You know, we get outside and you know, bullhorns and you know, black block and you know, try to let our voices be heard and use our physical presence to try to you know, pad the numbers and hopefully display how a community feels and create some change and to see that. You know, this has happened to not just the woman in this story, but you know, famously Mahmood Khalil from Columbia University was arrested and you know, I'm not sure if he was deported, but I know that they're in the process of that trying to get him deported. And it's because of no other reason other than he was protesting on that campus. He was protesting Israel's response to the October seventh attacks. And so yeah, any voices of dissension are you know, people are definitely concerned. How far does free speech go under this administration? Is indeed their freedom of speech to all American citizens? You know, Qu's point is well made. Can they just say, well, these are not citizens because they're not pro America. So anybody that says anything anti American that they revoke their citizenship and therefore their subject to deportation, and this guy can do it, and you know, he has the army, he has the you know, and he has a majority of the states, and you know, all that all the way down. So it's a it's a time that this time that we live in is a time definitely worth you know, case studies of future you know, empires of what's right and what's wrong, and you know, maybe there's one of these that happens every hundred years or so that everyone learns from and maybe it's our time. But I still believe that, you know, we'll get through this, you know, and right is right, Nature is nature, and even without a microphone, things might take a little longer, but things will reorient and reorient themselves eventually, and even if it's not in the next four years. One thing that I just take comfort in knowing is that Donald Trump is old and out of shape and he's going to die soon, and that just makes me so happy. So, yeah, nobody lives forever, but you know, left to our own devices, I'm definitely going to outlive that guy. So I'll take that. Before I let you go, though, Mimi, I know that you have started a new podcast limited podcast series and we talked about it a bit before we started recording, but I want you to tell me all about to Alta Dina with Love.

Absolutely, To Alta Dina with Love is a five part docuseries on the Eaten Fire and the impact that it had on a historical black community that I don't believe most people knew existed before the fire. It was actually considered California's first black middle class neighborhood going back to the nineteen twenties. It was established by an abolitionist, and the series just documents the fire and it's toll on that community through the.

Absolutely, To Alta Dina with Love is a five part docuseries on the Eaten Fire and the impact that it had on a historical black community that I don't believe most people knew existed before the fire. It was actually considered California's first black middle class neighborhood going back to the nineteen twenties. It was established by an abolitionist, and the series just documents the fire and it's toll on that community through the.

Eyes of the community.

Eyes of the community.

It's it's storytelling at its finest, but it's raw and it's it's done through the eyes of the people who actually lived the fire and the moments we shot it or I went to Altadena, I was on the ground. I one man banded with you know, my camera, my microphone, and I spoke to them and their emotions are raw.

It's it's storytelling at its finest, but it's raw and it's it's done through the eyes of the people who actually lived the fire and the moments we shot it or I went to Altadena, I was on the ground. I one man banded with you know, my camera, my microphone, and I spoke to them and their emotions are raw.

It's right after it happened. A couple of days after it happened.

It's right after it happened. A couple of days after it happened.

They question, you know, why there was no why there where were the fire trucks, Why.

They question, you know, why there was no why there where were the fire trucks, Why.

Was there no water?

Was there no water?

How come the West side of Altadena you know, that's where most people died and most people lost their homes. That's the the side that the black residents lived in, and so it just explores the history and the rebuilding and what that's going to look like and and and how you know, people are coming in and hoping to gentrify the area, and how the fight to keep that from happening is taking shape. And so I hope that people will go out and listen to it to out Dina with Love. Episode one is out and it is a labor of love, and this community just deserves our support.

How come the West side of Altadena you know, that's where most people died and most people lost their homes. That's the the side that the black residents lived in, and so it just explores the history and the rebuilding and what that's going to look like and and and how you know, people are coming in and hoping to gentrify the area, and how the fight to keep that from happening is taking shape. And so I hope that people will go out and listen to it to out Dina with Love. Episode one is out and it is a labor of love, and this community just deserves our support.

I love that. I also want to let you know that subscribing to this podcast and to all the podcasts really does help in ways that are really meaningful. So for those of you that do listen to, you know, this show and you appreciate, you know, Mimi's journalism and insight into you know, these stories, you know, hit bi in news dot com and subscribe, you know, subsribe. If you're not subscribed to this show, please subscribe here. Q and I have a couple of shows we do, most notably Civic Cipher. So that's another one you can subscribe to, and that really does make a difference. Around here, so you know all the things that we're facing right now. You know, one of the things I've heard is that we need to band together as a community and support each other. And that's one of the things that you can do you listening to me say this to you right now. If you have not subscribed to from Out to Dena with Love or to Out to Dena with Love, sorry, that is a part of the banding together. If you have not subscribed to Civic Cipher or to this show the b I in Daily, that is one of the ways that we band together and we help each other through this, so you know and don't forget. You can also research more about the stories that we talk about on this show at bionnews dot com as well, and we'll leave it right there. So thank you very much, Mimi for your time and your brilliance and sharing these stories with us once again. Today's guest is BION News anchor Mimi Brown. This has been a production of the Black Information Network. Today's show is produced by Chris Thompson. Have some thoughts you'd like to share, use the red microphone talkback beature on the iHeartRadio app. While you're there, be sure to hit subscribe and download all of our episodes. I'm your host, Ramsey's Job on all social media.

I love that. I also want to let you know that subscribing to this podcast and to all the podcasts really does help in ways that are really meaningful. So for those of you that do listen to, you know, this show and you appreciate, you know, Mimi's journalism and insight into you know, these stories, you know, hit bi in news dot com and subscribe, you know, subsribe. If you're not subscribed to this show, please subscribe here. Q and I have a couple of shows we do, most notably Civic Cipher. So that's another one you can subscribe to, and that really does make a difference. Around here, so you know all the things that we're facing right now. You know, one of the things I've heard is that we need to band together as a community and support each other. And that's one of the things that you can do you listening to me say this to you right now. If you have not subscribed to from Out to Dena with Love or to Out to Dena with Love, sorry, that is a part of the banding together. If you have not subscribed to Civic Cipher or to this show the b I in Daily, that is one of the ways that we band together and we help each other through this, so you know and don't forget. You can also research more about the stories that we talk about on this show at bionnews dot com as well, and we'll leave it right there. So thank you very much, Mimi for your time and your brilliance and sharing these stories with us once again. Today's guest is BION News anchor Mimi Brown. This has been a production of the Black Information Network. Today's show is produced by Chris Thompson. Have some thoughts you'd like to share, use the red microphone talkback beature on the iHeartRadio app. While you're there, be sure to hit subscribe and download all of our episodes. I'm your host, Ramsey's Job on all social media.

I Am q Ward on all social media as well

I Am q Ward on all social media as well

And Jonas tomorrow as we share our news with our voice from our perspective right here on the Black Information Network Daily Podcast

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