The UPstander's Podcast with Dr. Omekongo
An UPstander is someone who sees something and takes a stand. Here we will explore issues relating to social justice. Some posts will be motivational, some educational. Some times I may drop a rhyme or poem! The goal is to share stories and opinions that help us build a human family. Share your thoughts and share with others!
Episodes
December 7, 2025 • 13 mins
The "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" documentary by @5 @50Cent rought up unexpected emotions for me as I relived so much of our trauma as #hiphop fans in the 1990s. It also had me reflecting on the pimpish nature of the music industry and lastly, it was a reminder of the things we will condone in order to be famous or at least not lose your status. We have to reckon with that! What do you think?
#upstander #cassie #diddy #pdiddy #seanc...
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December 6, 2025 • 8 mins
Joe Scarborough said he feels like "wokeness" is dying on college campuses. He spoke to Harvard's Jon Della Volpe about his new survey. What Joe fails to realize is that in today's climate, people on the liberal side of the scale are more likely to be targeted for their views than conservative students. Liberals are being doxxed, fired, not hired, and even deported for their views. I am not talking about people expressing violence ...
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December 5, 2025 • 6 mins
I am a supporter of #zohranmamdani and have expressed that throughout his campaign. I think that it is disrespectful, however, to call new candidates for office like Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George in DC "The Mamdani of DC" or Omar Fateh the "Mamdani of Minneapolis." It is disrespectful to the legacy of Reverend Jesse Jackson and others like former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. History matters and we need to respect the archit...
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December 1, 2025 • 10 mins
The shooter of the National Guard soldier suffered from sever mental illness. That does not excuse the behavior, but that should be the focus rather than Islamophobic stereotypes. Rahmanullah Lakanwal was not some Islamic radical. He had a gun put in his hand by the CIA. He has a well documented history of PTSD and more. This country let him down. This is not about Afghan culture. It's about our American culture of failing to help ...
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November 28, 2025 • 9 mins
Trump and MAGA continually break the law every single day. They get pardons. They get richer. We have one tragic incident like the shooting of the National Guard soldier and now #trump wants to get rid of all people from Afghanistan? Now 19 countries have to be banned again? This happens after he pardons over 1500 insurrectionists who went out and continued to do more criminal activity. Trump has always had a plan to round up Black...
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November 28, 2025 • 12 mins
Don't rewrite history and don't get it twisted. In listening to @msnow today, there was a narrative spun that people in Washington, DC welcomed the National Guard. That couldn't be further from the truth. As you will hear me discuss and you can read in the articles below, we fought hard to prevent the @nationalguard from coming to DC. As the attention is rightfully placed on the 2 soldiers fighting for their lives, We cannot a ...
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November 27, 2025 • 3 mins
If you woke up today, that's the starting point! On this day, take stalk of the good in your life. It may be hard to find but once you find it, focus on it.
#thanks #thanksgiving #thanksgiving2025
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November 24, 2025 • 7 mins
I am so tired of the whataboutism and "both sides" rhetoric about toning down the violent rhetoric in America today. It starts with Trump and works its way down. Furthermore, most of the violence comes from his followers. ALL violence is bad and NO ONE should engage in violent rhetoric but I have seen no other arena where the leader of a country, company, school, etc. is not looked at first as it relates to setting the tone. This i...
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November 19, 2025 • 11 mins
It was sad to hear Nicki Minaj give a speech on Christian so-called persecution in Nigeria on behalf of the Trump administration. She had some good points but she was factually wrong and speaking on someone who practices NO Christian principles in any way, shape, or form in America and beyond. @nickiminaj needs to speak to researchers and experts on Nigeria and stop lending her credibility to #trump. Furthermore, #nickiminaj shou...
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November 18, 2025 • 8 mins
At a press conference for Epsteins victims, one of the survivors that there were failures under Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, and BOTH #trump administrations, yet both democratic and republican lawmakers, folks in the media like #joescarborough and #stephenasmith want to bring up the Biden administration. This is dishonest at best and really indicates an ulterior motive. Furthermore, several democrats who are pursuing this case were...
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November 16, 2025 • 10 mins
What are we doing out in these #youtube streets? In these Black media and Black targeted media spaces, I'm seeing things that are making me feel like #hiphop beef and I think we have to be more responsible with our platforms. I think critiquing one another is fine but the takedowns and personal attacks serve others but not us, just as was the case with hip-hop. What do you think?
#charlamagnethagod #rolandmartinunfiltered #caricha...
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November 14, 2025 • 8 mins
@MegynKelly condones pedophilia in her recent interview on her show. She and her guest state that sex with 15 year olds isn't pedophilia. It's disgusting and it isn't being condemned strongly enough. If you support her show and don't call her out, you are part of the problem. Period. No one should support what #jeffreyepstein did in any way, shape or form.
#trump #maga #epsteinfiles #megynkelly #siriusxm @siriusxm #BatyaUn...
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s Jimmy Kimmel more important than the people of Sudan? We should be more angry at the fact that Disney and the NBA, through their partnership with the UAE (United Arab Emirates) are involved in genocide in Sudan. The #nba already works with Paul Kagame, who committed #genocide in Congo. If you were willing to cancel your subscriptions over Jimmy, this should concern you more. What are you going to do about it? The people of Sudan ...
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November 9, 2025 • 11 mins
The Black women, once again, has been made the face of the #snapbenefits debate, even though more White people are using #snap than Black people. This is not new. In this video, I break down the history of the welfare queen and share my thoughts about who the real welfare queens are. I discuss this in my book "Lies About Black People" and will be posting an article about this on my Iinkedin and substack pages so check them out too!...
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I am so annoyed with these so-called analysts talking about Black people and Black men in particular coming back to the democratic party. They never LEFT the party! White people still broke for the #maga candidate but I don't see anyone talking about that. Facts should matter. #trump made inroads with Black men for sure but it was not in any way, shape, or form like what happened with Latinos who broke for Trump. It is intellectual...
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353. Dear poor MAGA people: Trump thinks you’re stupid. How much longer will you let him hustle you?
November 2, 2025 • 7 mins
As President Lyndon B. Johnson said, when you can convince the poorest White man that he’s better than the best “colored man”, he won’t realize you’re picking his pocket. Give him someone to look down on and he’ll empty his pocket for you. As #trump continues to hustle you, it’s time to ask: what’s the REAL reason you keep supporting him and how long will it go?
#maga #trump #snap #snapbenefits #hunger #food #foodinsecurity #shut...
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October 29, 2025 • 5 mins
The Sonya Massey verdict is so frustrating because we weren't sure if there would even be a verdict. So many times we see officers get off for killing unarmed Black people. With this case, there's a verdict, but not for first degree murder so Sean Grayson could even get probation. We deserve better in this country. As Coach Doc Rivers said, we love this country but it doesn't always love us back. What do you think?
#upstander #so...
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October 28, 2025 • 5 mins
I appeared on @DCNewsNow_ with Mark Hall to discuss the continued broken promises by the #trump administration, which is best represented by his destruction of the East Wing of the White House
#eastwing #whitehouseeastwing #whitehouse #trumpnews #markhall #thewhitehouse #trumpballroom #ballroom
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October 27, 2025 • 13 mins
I've bee paying attention to the @joebuddentv podcast debate with @NativeLandPod as well as the @BreakfastClubPower1051FM . While I think some of the public debate has been productive, there are aspects of it that are very problematic for the Black community. I share my thoughts. What do you think?
#joebudden #joebuddenpodcast #joebuddennetwork #angelarye #andrewgillum #tiffanycross #bakarisellers #nativelandpod #rolandmartin...
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October 23, 2025 • 11 mins
@stephenasmith apologized to #jasminecrockett. There were several inconsistencies in his statements that cannot be ignored from his words on #kamalaharris to his statement about not wanting enemies. I also share my thoughts on the powerful video from @rolandsmartin breaking down how wrong #stephenasmith was in his critique of Crockett. What do you think?
Smith apology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZB4SQOXChQ
Roland's res...
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