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🎙️ New Episode: Ancillary Costs
🗓️ Jul 21, 2025 • ⏱️ 30:18

What’s the price of being the other in America? In this charged and introspective episode, Reynaldo Antonio revisits a raw, unfiltered conversation with Jon and Lybroan on the hidden tolls of racism and unspoken privileges in the U.S.

From Trump-era policies to White voting patterns that prioritize racial identity over economic survival, the brothers dig deep into the ancillary costs of white supremacy — the emotional, financial, and generational taxes paid by communities of color just to exist.

💥 Why do so many White Americans vote against their own self-interest?
💥 Is capitalism just racism with a paycheck?
💥 What does it really mean to “benefit from the system” — even if you didn’t build it?

This isn’t about guilt. It’s about reckoning.

👀 Tune in to examine the uncomfortable truths behind the quiet violence of privilege, the weaponization of denial, and the uncounted costs we rarely name — but always feel.

🎧 LISTEN. SHARE. REFLECT.
✊🏾 Tag a friend who needs to hear this.

🎯 End-of-Episode Action Items:

• Ask Yourself: Where do I sit in the system — and what do I risk to change it?
• Talk About It: Who’s in your circle that you avoid these conversations with? Start there.
• Take Inventory: What privileges have you mistaken for “normal”?

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Strap in — this week, the Three for the Founders crew is coming for the biggest unpaid invoice in American history: reparations. In a raw, unfiltered roundtable, the hosts cut through the noise and zero in on why the U.S. has never paid its debts to Black Americans.

From the Homestead Act’s land giveaways for white settlers to actual reparations paid to other groups (hello, Japanese Americans and Holocaust survivors), this conversation lays bare the hypocrisy and moral gymnastics of the American government.

The hosts come with receipts, bold proposals (think free college, housing equity, generational wealth repair), and sharp takedowns of the narratives that keep reparations stalled. Whether you think reparations are overdue or out of reach, this episode is built to challenge you.

It's truth-telling with teeth — and it just might rewire the way you think about justice, history, and America's favorite habit: selective amnesia.

🧠 Questions to Ponder (or Argue About Over Dinner)

1. What do you think reparations should look like?
   Cash payments? Free college? Housing programs? What feels like real repair?
2. Why do some Americans see reparations as “unfair” — and who taught them that?
   Is it really about fairness, or fear of accountability?
3. If we can bail out banks, fund wars, and give tax breaks to billionaires, why is reparations where we draw the line?
4. Who benefits when we don’t talk about reparations?
   Silence isn't neutral. It protects someone — but not the people harmed.
5. How would owning and addressing the crime of slavery reshape our national identity?
   Can we ever become the country we claim to be without doing this?

✅ Action Items for the Real Ones

• 📚 Educate Yourself
  Dive into real proposals like HR 40, and works by scholars like Dr. William Darity (From Here to Equality) or Ta-Nehisi Coates (“The Case for Reparations”).
• 🗣️ Start the Conversation
  Bring up reparations in your group chat, book club, or family dinner. See who squirms — and why.
• 🔎 Follow the Money
  Research how your local government, alma mater, or workplace may have profited from slavery or segregation. Many institutions already have receipts.
• 📞 Push Local Leaders
  Don’t wait on Congress. Ask your city council: What’s our reparations plan? Cities like Evanston, Chicago, and San Francisco are already testing models.
• 💵 Support Black-Led Orgs
  Invest in the folks doing the work now — mutual aid funds, education equity initiatives, housing justice orgs. Reparations isn’t just policy. It’s practice.

“Don’t just listen — rethink, respond, and resist. Reparations isn’t just a political issue. It’s a moral one. And silence is a vote to keep the status quo.”

🎙️ Three for the Founders

Air Date: July 14, 2025
Duration: 64:06 minutes

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🇺🇸 This Fourth of July, we're turning down the fireworks and turning up the conversation.

On this episode of Three for the Founders, your favorite trio of fraternity brothers dives into the powerful (and sometimes polarizing) world of American symbols — flags, mottos, and the messy meanings behind them. Why do some see the Stars and Stripes as a badge of pride while others feel left out of the celebration? From Michelle Obama’s patriotism to the Confederate flag’s dark legacy, we unpack the emotional weight symbols carry — especially for Black and White Americans navigating their own sense of national identity.

🔍 We’re talking history, we’re talking heart, and we’re not afraid to ask the uncomfortable questions.

💥 If you’ve ever stood for the anthem with a lump in your throat, taken a knee as the jets flew overhead, or felt conflicted about waving a flag, this one’s for you.

Tap in for truth, tension, and a whole lot of thoughtful perspective.

🧠 Action Item: Bring an open mind and be ready to rethink what patriotism really means in 2025.

Subscribe now and join the conversation before the barbecue begins. 🌭🇺🇸

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