Episode 71: LeRon Barton on white riots at the Capitol building

LeRon Barton, author, speaker and social media influencer joins me in this conversation on race to talk about his perspective as a Black man in the US on the Capitol riots. Topics include: White riot insanity at the Capitol How white people's insurrection demonstrated the history and present state of racism in the US- it's still here If the rioters had been Black most would be dead, but because they were almost all white they were allowed to take over the building, threaten lawmakers and physically attack cops and other people who tried to stop them The attack on the Capitol is treason, sedition and fascist Why participants need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law and not allowed to continue How some people in congress, law enforcement and other government employees aided and abetted the rioters Why some Black, Brown, Asian and Jewish people support the racist actions of Trump and the white racist insurrection How individualism and the mindset of not caring about anyone else but oneself permeates the US culture and perpetuates the spread of COVID The different experiences, opportunities and outlooks between ADOS (African Descendants of Slaves,) and Black people from Africa About LeRon Barton LeRon L. Barton is a writer from Kansas City, MO currently living in San Francisco, Ca. A graduate of Paseo Academy of Fine Arts, LeRon is the author of two books, "Straight Dope: A 360 degree look into American Drug Culture" and "All We Really Need Is Love: Stories of Dating, Relationships, Heartbreak, and Marriage." In addition to the books, LeRon is an essayist; whose topics cover racism, mass incarceration, politics, gender, and dating. These works have appeared in Salon, The Good Men Project, Elephant Journal, East Bay Times, and MoAD. LeRon has also given talks and speeches at TedX Wilson Park, University of San Francisco, Glide Methodist Church, been a guest of Al Jazeera's The Stream, Story Corp, Dr. Vibe's Do You Know What Time It Is podcast, and has participated in panel discussions on race and prison recidivism. In his spare time, LeRon mentors young men in San Francisco and loves to backpack around the world. www.leronbarton.com Facebook.com/LeRonLBarton Twitter.com/MainlineLeRon Instagram.com/leronlbarton