Black America’s Fatigue; J.D. Vance Wants “Heritage” Citizenship; Shut The F**k Up, Mexican OT (RSH Adam’s Riffs #2; 7.28.2025)

In this riff, Adam talks about the harm of AI in schools, why restricting smartphones in schools is a good idea, the Essence Festival 2025 diaspora war controversy, rapper That Mexican OT justifying his use of the N-word and how other non-Black people of color love using the N-word, Black America’s fatigue with anti-Blackness and the disrespect of African-American culture and liberation struggle, and the danger of J.D. Vance’s argument for “heritage” citizenship. 

(Recorded July 15, 2025; addendum: July 16, 2025) 

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Links, research related to episode:  

• ChatGPT’s impact on our brains https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/ 
• Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus https://www.reuters.com/technology/study-finds-smartphone-bans-dutch-schools-improved-focus-2025-07-04/ 
• Sac State professor’s new study finds Black men did not move from Democratic Party to Trump https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2025/2/black-voter-project.html  
• Diaspora war tension at Essence Festival 2025:  
  • Sounds of Blackness: What Essence Fest’s Diaspora Debate Reveals About Who Owns Black Culture https://www.ebony.com/essence-festival-of-culture-2025-controversy/ 
  • The One Reason This Year’s Essence Festival Was Considered By Many a Complete Disaster https://www.theroot.com/the-one-reason-this-years-essence-festival-was-consider-2000049864 
  • Richelieu Dennis https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/richelieu-dennis-1969/ 
• ‘Completely lost': Nury Martinez reflects 1 year after racist tape leak https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-city-council-nury-martinez-racist-tape-leak/3242661/ 
• Latin America’s Casta System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn12jZ2QVE 
• That Mexican OT dick riding Trump https://www.reddit.com/r/Hiphopcirclejerk/comments/1e7gjpk/lmfao_not_that_mexican_ot_talking_about_trump/ 
• That Mexican OT Stirs Controversy For Saying He Can Use The N-Word https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/mexican-ot-stirs-controversy-saying-202742892.html 
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