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EPISODE · Mar 1, 2026 · 1H 13M

February 27, 2026 - Why Demonizing DEI Didn't Work On Me

from Transparent Conversations · host Calvin Pierce Jr

We never needed it, It was for Everyone ElseThere was a midair collision over the Potomac near the Ronald Reagan National Airport during the first week that the regime took power in January 2025. I’ve lived in the DMV for most of my life and we are very close to the Ronald Reagan National Airport. I’ve been to that airport a lot. If you live in this area, that airport is a part of everyday life here. So you can imagine how strange it was to hear that a Blackhawk Military helicopter ran into a commercial jet just taking off and leaving the area. It’s never happened before and we are used to seeing both military and commercial aircraft in this airspace all the time. This is the nation’s capital, there are two air force bases in the area, one is responsible for the president’s helicopters and the other base has Airforce One and other military jets that are used to defend the important airspace around the capital. It’s against the law to fly drones in this area. There’s been crashes at the airport before. Horrible crashes with a plane hitting the 14th Street bridge and going into the Potomac river once. It’s a very busy airspace and it’s very tightly controlled. Everyone including me was surprised to hear about the collision, and before we could actually find out what happened and what could have caused the crash, the regime had already stated that the crash was caused by the government’s DEI policies that were really amplified after the murder of George Floyd. Their premise seems to be that too many people of color were hired to perform jobs that they may not have been qualified to hold. That was the signal for us, the black people of this country, that we were about to get dragged through the mud and that every issue and problem that the country was suffering was going to be because of DEI and Immigration. Yep, four years of racial profiling was headed our way, and we already knew the play. They wanted to see us outside, rage protesting. Fortunately that was never going to happen.Congratulations to Laila Edwards - First Black Woman get Gold in Hockey!My Substack - Please do me a solid and Subscribe - It's Free!https://transparentconvos.substack.com/Transparent Conversations Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@cpiercejrTransparent Conversations on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6zPRncAdAd9hzsy6PE1dKM?si=14d34396150348c8Murdered  By IceKeith Porter - Murdered by Brian PalaciosRenee Nicole Good - Murdered by Jonathan RossGeraldo Lunas - UnknownAlex Pretti  - Murdered by  Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo GutierrezNurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind Rohingya refugee, should be at home with his family in Buffalo right now. Unfortunately, he was killed by an immigration and criminal justice system that left him to die.Looking for a way to join the conversation, and be a part of the Independent Media boom that's beating out Mainstream media in getting the Truth out! Let's Talk!

We never needed it, It was for Everyone ElseThere was a midair collision over the Potomac near the Ronald Reagan National Airport during the first week that the regime took power in January 2025. I’ve lived in the DMV for most of my life and we are very close to the Ronald Reagan National Airport. I’ve been to that airport a lot. If you live in this area, that airport is a part of everyday life here. So you can imagine how strange it was to hear that a Blackhawk Military helicopter ran into a commercial jet just taking off and leaving the area. It’s never happened before and we are used to seeing both military and commercial aircraft in this airspace all the time. This is the nation’s capital, there are two air force bases in the area, one is responsible for the president’s helicopters and the other base has Airforce One and other military jets that are used to defend the important airspace around the capital. It’s against the law to fly drones in this area. There’s been crashes at the airport before. Horrible crashes with a plane hitting the 14th Street bridge and going into the Potomac river once. It’s a very busy airspace and it’s very tightly controlled. Everyone including me was surprised to hear about the collision, and before we could actually find out what happened and what could have caused the crash, the regime had already stated that the crash was caused by the government’s DEI policies that were really amplified after the murder of George Floyd. Their premise seems to be that too many people of color were hired to perform jobs that they may not have been qualified to hold. That was the signal for us, the black people of this country, that we were about to get dragged through the mud and that every issue and problem that the country was suffering was going to be because of DEI and Immigration. Yep, four years of racial profiling was headed our way, and we already knew the play. They wanted to see us outside, rage protesting. Fortunately that was never going to happen.Congratulations to Laila Edwards - First Black Woman get Gold in Hockey!My Substack - Please do me a solid and Subscribe - It's Free!https://transparentconvos.substack.com/Transparent Conversations Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@cpiercejrTransparent Conversations on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6zPRncAdAd9hzsy6PE1dKM?si=14d34396150348c8Murdered  By IceKeith Porter - Murdered by Brian PalaciosRenee Nicole Good - Murdered by Jonathan RossGeraldo Lunas - UnknownAlex Pretti  - Murdered by  Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo GutierrezNurul Amin Shah Alam, a blind Rohingya refugee, should be at home with his family in Buffalo right now. Unfortunately, he was killed by an immigration and criminal justice system that left him to die.Looking for a way to join the conversation, and be a part of the Independent Media boom that's beating out Mainstream media in getting the Truth out! Let's Talk!

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