Episode 49: "Now Boarding....Zone 4" - Current Events w/ BhD




Black and Highly Dangerous show

Summary: For today’s episode, Ty and Daphne discuss pop culture, politics, and current events. Following the “Oh Lawd” news segment (3:35), the hosts discuss the First Step Act (12:20), rising suicide rates among black adolescents (24:15), Delta Air Line’s new boarding policy (33:25), Steph Curry’s space conspiracy theories (38:22), and the ‘King of R&B’ controversy (41:48).   Resources: The First Step Act, Congress’s criminal justice reform bill, explained- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/3/18122392/first-step-act-criminal-justice-reform-bill-congress Trump Embraces a Path to Revise U.S. Sentencing and Prison Laws - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/us/politics/prison-sentencing-trump.html Suicide rates for black children twice that of white children, new data show - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/05/21/suicide-rates-for-black-children-twice-that-of-white-children-new-data-show/?utm_term=.bf17e7da62a2 The White Privilege Of Implicit Racial Bias Is Simply Learned Behavior, Recycled- https://newsone.com/3839965/toddler-black-man-video-implicit-racial-bias/ Former Baylor Fraternity President Given No Jail Time in Plea Deal for Alleged Rape - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/baylor-rape-trial-fraternity-president-plea-deal.html