Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts

By Darren Watts

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Every day is racism for black people. Most people are not open-minded to understand racism, nor are most people open to believing in racism. Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts serves two purposes. One, education in discrimination. Two, a platform to talk about racism. Dive in with me to learn the history and the hypocrisy of those who don't believe racism exists. We will look at current events involved with racism as well. Let's have an uncomfortable conversation.

Episode Date
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Idaho — The State That Tried to Build a White Homeland
Jun 22, 2026
A One-Year-Old Named Kohen: What the State's Own Statement Already Tells You
Jun 20, 2026
Juneteenth: What We're Actually Celebrating, and What's Still Unfinished
Jun 19, 2026
After The Brew: Storms Missed Us, Second Brain Scan & Round Two with the Heart Monitor
Jun 18, 2026
After The Brew: Michelle Obama, A Flat Tire in Fishers & Fighting Insurance for a CGM
Jun 16, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Hawaii — When Anti-White Leads the Data
Jun 16, 2026
Boycotting Is the Language of the Unheard: Black Economic Power From Jackie Robinson to Today
Jun 16, 2026
Redlining Reimagined: How a 1936 Federal Map Still Shapes Where You Can Afford to Live Today
Jun 16, 2026
The SPLC, Alveda King, and the Hearing That Was About More Than One Organization
Jun 16, 2026
Declared Dead: How DOGE Planned to Erase 2.7 Million Living People to Drive Out Immigrants
Jun 13, 2026
35 Years, No Black Jurors, and a Pattern That Goes Back to 1955: The Karmelo Anthony Verdict
Jun 13, 2026
Graham Platner, Donald Trump, and the Question of Grace: A Side by Side
Jun 13, 2026
After Voting Rights — Now They're Coming for Your Job: How the Callais Ruling Is Being Used to Gut Employment Discrimination Law
Jun 13, 2026
After The Brew: Burnt Out, Pain Tolerant & The Investigative Journey Into My Own Body
Jun 12, 2026
After The Brew: Brain Scan, Iran, Masking & Why the Cabinet Analogy Says Everything About My Health
Jun 09, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Georgia
Jun 08, 2026
Karson Hyder and Sherry Moore: What a Doorbell Camera Caught and Why Misdemeanor Is Not Enough
Jun 08, 2026
Terry Pitchford, the Supreme Court, and the Jury That Should Have Looked Different
Jun 08, 2026
The Gun That Was Never in Evidence: Cyrus Carmack-Belton, Rick Chow, and the Verdict We Have Seen Before
Jun 06, 2026
Walking While Black: Price Lomonte, Grosse Pointe, and the Call That Should Never Have Been Made
Jun 06, 2026
After The Brew: Blood Pressure Check, Picking a Pharmacist's Brain & Why an X-Ray Isn't the Full Picture
Jun 04, 2026
After The Brew - What Happened?
Jun 02, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Florida
Jun 01, 2026
The DNC Autopsy: What It Says, What It Missed, and What It Means for Black America
May 30, 2026
The Tale of Two Indianas- Sports Business Royalty and the Hoosiers Who Can't Afford Groceries
May 30, 2026
Anita Grayson: A Coffee Shop, A 75-Year-Old Black Woman, and a Pattern We Know Too Well
May 30, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Washington DC — The City of Monuments and the Data Behind Them
May 25, 2026
A Quick Update From Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts
May 24, 2026
The $1.776 Billion Question: What Actually Happened With Trump, the IRS, and the Anti-Weaponization Fund
May 22, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Delaware — Small State, Sharp Numbers
May 21, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Connecticut
May 20, 2026
The Vote That Didn't Count: Virginia, the Supreme Court, and What Happens When Democracy Has a Deadline
May 19, 2026
How They Killed the Voting Rights Act: A Case Study in the Supreme Court's Thirteen Year Project
May 18, 2026
After The Brew: Left Out, Micromanaged & Why Miles Davis Explains Everything
May 15, 2026
Tennessee Did It Today: The Redistricting Domino Effect After the Supreme Court Ruling
May 15, 2026
Dear Stephen A.: The Facts You Left Out About Why Black America Doesn't Vote Republican
May 14, 2026
After The Brew: Redistricting, Retaliation & A Question I'll Never Stop Asking
May 13, 2026
Still Here: A Transparent Update on My Health, My Mind, and Why I'm Not Stopping
May 13, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Colorado
May 12, 2026
What If We Abolished Political Parties? A Radical Solution to Democratic Decay
May 11, 2026
Beyond the Labels: Dr. LaNysha Adams on Radical Self-Interrogation and Redefining Power
May 08, 2026
After The Brew: The Heaviness, Two Therapists & Why ADHD and Depression Are Not Separate
May 08, 2026
The Raid on Louise Lucas: Power, Race, and the Pattern You Need to See
May 07, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: California — The Biggest State, The Biggest Numbers
May 06, 2026
After The Brew: Coming Out — The Feelings I Never Said Out Loud
May 05, 2026
Stop Waiting for Politicians to Save You: Ramon Perez on Taking Democracy Back
May 05, 2026
The Real Ones: Maya Rupert on Authenticity, Race, and the Cost of Being Real in America
May 04, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Arkansas
May 01, 2026
After The Brew: Toxic Just Got Closer & The Numbers That Prove It
May 01, 2026
We the People — But Which People? The Supreme Court, the Ballroom, and the App That Doesn't See Us
Apr 30, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024 - Arizona
Apr 29, 2026
After The Brew: RSD, Work Friendships & The Pain Nobody Talks About
Apr 28, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Alaska
Apr 28, 2026
Hate Crimes Through 2024: Alabama
Apr 27, 2026
The Black Recession Is Here: Tariffs, Unemployment, and the Compounding Cost of Being Last In and First Out
Apr 24, 2026
After The Brew: When Depression Forces You to Stop
Apr 23, 2026
Garbage: The Somali Community, Federal Fraud Investigations, and the Politics of Targeting
Apr 23, 2026
The Map Is the Message: Virginia, Redistricting, and Why Your Vote on Lines Determines Your Life
Apr 22, 2026
The Audit Comes Next: Dr. Oz, Medicaid, and the Infrastructure of Removal
Apr 22, 2026
After The Brew: I Forgot Again — And That's the Episode
Apr 21, 2026
I Had the Receipts: The One Big Beautiful Bill, Project 2025, and What We Do Now
Apr 21, 2026
The Future They Are Canceling: Environment, Education, and the Communities Left to Pay for It
Apr 20, 2026
The Tom Joseph Conversation — A Case Study on "We the People"
Apr 18, 2026
Can a App Fix Democracy? The People's Primary with Tom Joseph
Apr 17, 2026
After The Brew: Running on Empty, Darrell's Word & Why Consistency Beats Motivation
Apr 17, 2026
The Debt Trap: What the One Big Beautiful Bill Really Does to Immigration
Apr 16, 2026
The Tax Math They Don't Want You to Do: Who Really Benefits from the One Big Beautiful Bill
Apr 15, 2026
After The Brew: ADHD, Time, and Trying Not to Break: An Honest Night
Apr 15, 2026
The Safety Net Is Being Cut: What the One Big Beautiful Bill Does to Medicaid and SNAP
Apr 14, 2026
Part 2 - I Told You So — What It Cost
Apr 13, 2026
I Told You So: The Project 2025 Receipts (Part 1)
Apr 10, 2026
After The Brew: Brain Fog, Barely Making It & The Miles Davis Lesson
Apr 10, 2026
The Quiet Kind: Workplace Racism Nobody Talks About
Apr 09, 2026
13 Shots in Martindale-Brightwood: Who Is Indianapolis Really Building For?
Apr 08, 2026
After The Brew: MTG's Late Conscience & A Weekend That Broke Me Down
Apr 07, 2026
Layer by Layer: How Indiana Is Quietly Suppressing the Vote
Apr 07, 2026
The 25th Amendment: When Is Enough, Enough?
Apr 07, 2026
Prove You Belong — Again
Apr 06, 2026
Signed, Sealed, Suppressed
Apr 06, 2026
More Than Just Stories: A Black Women’s History Month Reflection
Apr 03, 2026
I’m Tired of Being Present
Apr 03, 2026
After The Brew: Faith, Depression, and Trying to Keep Moving
Apr 02, 2026
Michelle Obama: Leading Without a Title
Apr 02, 2026
Oprah Winfrey: Owning Your Voice, Owning Your Power
Apr 01, 2026
After The Brew: Early Morning Thoughts, Heavy Patterns, and No Time to Pause
Mar 31, 2026
Maya Angelou: Turning Pain Into Power
Mar 31, 2026
Racism in Plain Sight... Again- When “Merit” Becomes the Excuse
Mar 30, 2026
Toni Morrison: Who Gets to Be Seen, Heard, and Remembered
Mar 30, 2026
Racism in Plain Sight: The Rooney Rule Backlash and the Lie of “Merit”
Mar 30, 2026
No Kings Means No One Is Above the People
Mar 28, 2026
No Kings: The Psychology Behind the Protest
Mar 28, 2026
Racism in Plain Sight: The Silence Doesn’t Mean It Stopped
Mar 27, 2026
The Seats That Flipped and What Voters Are Trying to Say
Mar 27, 2026
Coretta Scott King: More Than the Keeper of a Legacy
Mar 27, 2026
After The Brew: How a Hard Morning and Women’s History Month Shaped Today’s Episode
Mar 26, 2026
Diane Nash: The Discipline to Keep Going
Mar 26, 2026
Indiana Can Move Fast for the Bears, But Not for Hungry Families
Mar 26, 2026
Septima Clark: Teaching People How to Use Their Power
Mar 25, 2026
Steve Bannon, the SAVE Act, and the Lies Behind Voter Suppression
Mar 25, 2026
After The Brew: How My Day Turns Into Podcast Episodes
Mar 24, 2026
He Votes by Mail While Trying to Restrict Yours
Mar 24, 2026
Ella Baker: The Leader Behind the Leaders
Mar 24, 2026
Indiana Will Amplify Turning Point USA, But Not DEI. So Let’s Tell the Truth.
Mar 23, 2026
Indiana Wants the Bears While Hoosier Families Lose Their Homes
Mar 23, 2026
Fannie Lou Hamer- The Voice That Refused to Be Silenced
Mar 23, 2026
Indiana Priorities, Part 2: Who Is Indiana Really Building For?
Mar 23, 2026
Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson, and the Dangerous Slide from Anti-War Talk to Conspiracy Politics
Mar 20, 2026
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson: The Invisible Architect of Everyday Technology
Mar 20, 2026
Watergate Then, Trump Now: The Pattern of Power, Secrecy, and Retaliation
Mar 20, 2026
John Fetterman, Markwayne Mullin, and the Collapse of Democratic Accountability
Mar 20, 2026
Mae Jemison: The First Black Woman in Space—and More Than That
Mar 19, 2026
Doing the Job Right Shouldn’t Make You the Problem
Mar 19, 2026
When the Same Process Is Accepted from One Person but Resisted from Another
Mar 18, 2026
Dr. Patricia Bath: The Doctor Who Made Sight a Human Right
Mar 18, 2026
The SAVE America Act and Why Sitting Out 2026 Is a Mistake
Mar 18, 2026
Mary Jackson: The Engineer Who Refused to Stay Behind the Barrier
Mar 17, 2026
When Regret Turns Into Withdrawal: Why Not Voting Is the Wrong Lesson
Mar 17, 2026
Cuba’s Blackout and the Cost of Power: Why Voting Still Matters
Mar 17, 2026
When the Lack of Process Becomes the Problem
Mar 16, 2026
Dorothy Vaughan: The Leader Behind NASA’s Hidden Figures
Mar 16, 2026
When the Lack of Process Becomes the Problem
Mar 13, 2026
Angela Davis: Justice, Power, and the Systems We Refuse to Question
Mar 13, 2026
Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Calculated the Path to Space
Mar 12, 2026
When They Keep Pushing the Wrong Person
Mar 12, 2026
When Process Becomes Pressure: A Real Talk on Workplace Intimidation and Bullying
Mar 11, 2026
Claudette Colvin: The Civil Rights Hero History Almost Forgot
Mar 11, 2026
Shirley Chisholm- Unbought, Unbossed, and Refusing to Be Invisible
Mar 10, 2026
Ida B. Wells-Barnett- The Journalist Who Exposed America's Deadliest Lies
Mar 09, 2026
Legitimacy Tests- Birtherism, Judge Curiel, and the DEI Systems Lens
Mar 06, 2026
Who Gets the Credit? A DEI Look at Corporate Communication
Mar 05, 2026
Civil Rights Isn’t a Slogan: My Follow-Up on the DEI Executive Order
Mar 04, 2026
Merit, Civil Rights, and the DEI Crackdown: What the January 2025 Executive Order Actually Did — and What It Means When We Use the Words Racism and Discrimination
Mar 03, 2026
When “Policy” Isn’t Neutral: Liberia, DED, and the Paper Trail of Discrimination
Mar 02, 2026
Contracts, Speech, and Defensive Productivity
Feb 27, 2026
National Emergency or Executive Overreach? A Constitutional Breakdown
Feb 26, 2026
Birtherism — Documents, Courts, and Amplification
Feb 26, 2026
Case Study #2: The Central Park Five Advertisement (1989)
Feb 25, 2026
Case Study: United States v. Fred Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management (1973)
Feb 24, 2026
Alignment Over Assumptions: Practical Strategies for Neurodiverse Workplaces
Feb 23, 2026
Artificial Urgency, Burnout, and the Nervous System
Feb 20, 2026
Adult ADHD: What the Research Actually Says
Feb 19, 2026
Wired Differently - ADHD, Control, and Learning to Accept Myself
Feb 18, 2026
Disrespect or Distress? The Cost of Artificial Urgency
Feb 17, 2026
I Work Best Under Pressure...Until I Don't
Feb 16, 2026
Case Study: Escalation, Defense, and the "Calm Down" Moment
Feb 13, 2026
Unnecessary Urgency: The ADHD Cost of Corporate Pressure
Feb 12, 2026
Looking Away Is The Point
Feb 11, 2026
Enforcement as Theater
Feb 10, 2026
The System That Was Never Built To Work
Feb 09, 2026
What Problem Are We Even Talking About?
Feb 06, 2026
Independence
Feb 05, 2026
When the Environment Becomes the Threat
Feb 04, 2026
ADHD Is Not a Character Flaw
Feb 03, 2026
Living While Carrying: Depression, Pre-Diabetes, and the Cost of Being Strong
May 27, 2025
The War on Civil Rights: Dismantling DEI, DOJ, and the Constitution
May 23, 2025
Schedule F: The Loyalty Purge
May 22, 2025
The Executive Office: Russ Vought and the Faith-Fueled Takeover
May 21, 2025
The Nerve Center: How Project 2025 Plans to Seize the White House” (Based on the chapter by Rick Dearborn)
May 20, 2025
Abortions and Reproductive Rights: The Body, The Law, and the Truth
May 19, 2025
Voting Power: How to Vote — and Why They’re Trying to Stop You
May 16, 2025
The People’s Power: Protesting, Organizing, and Speaking Up
May 15, 2025
Checks and Balances: What Should Stop Corruption (But Doesn’t Always)
May 14, 2025
The Judicial Branch: Justice or Just Us?
May 13, 2025
The Executive Branch: Power, Responsibility, and Overreach
May 12, 2025
The Legislative Branch: Where Laws Are Made (and Sometimes Ignored)
May 09, 2025
How Government Works: Why Knowing This Could Save Us
May 08, 2025
Micromanagement & Power- When Leadership Becomes Control
May 07, 2025
This Is Not What I Voted For
May 06, 2025
Joe Biden’s First Term – Experience, Imperfections, and Truth
May 05, 2025
Donald Trump's First Term and the Weaponization of Immigration
May 02, 2025
Barack Obama and the Contradiction of Compassion and Control
May 01, 2025
George W. Bush and the Rise of Homeland Security
Apr 30, 2025
Bill Clinton and the Expansion of Deportation Policies
Apr 29, 2025
Understanding Deportations and the Rise of Autocracy
Apr 28, 2025
When Equity Is Erased: What the DEI Backlash Means at Work and Beyond
Apr 25, 2025
Government Cuts Clinton v. Trump
Apr 24, 2025
Beyond the Borders: A Tapestry of Time and Transformation
Apr 23, 2025
Voices of the Protest!
Apr 22, 2025
Brain Dump - DEI
Mar 14, 2025
Quick Take - Indiana's Executive Orders
Jan 20, 2025
Unpacking Christian Nationalism Brain Dump
Jan 18, 2025
As We Process - From My Heart to Yours
Nov 06, 2024
One Final Pitch
Nov 02, 2024
To The Undecided Voters
Oct 26, 2024
Discrimination
Oct 19, 2024
Government and Federal Assistance
Oct 12, 2024
Education and Discrimination
Oct 05, 2024
Ends Meet
Sep 28, 2024
Work, Wages, and the Economy
Sep 21, 2024
Climate Control
Sep 14, 2024
Access to Healthcare and Abortion
Sep 07, 2024
Critical Thinking on the Decline
Jul 08, 2023
Different Types of Discrimination
Jul 01, 2023
A Time To Just Walk Away From Hatred
Jun 24, 2023
Straight Talk on LGBTQ and Racism
Jun 17, 2023
The Hate of the LGBTQ Community
Jun 10, 2023
The LGBTQ Community
May 27, 2023
Dig Deeper - White Supremacy
May 20, 2023
The Importance of Love
May 13, 2023
Why Empathy is the Biggest Key to Kindness
May 06, 2023
Income Disparities Among Race
Apr 29, 2023
I Made a Mistake; Please Don't Shoot Me
Apr 22, 2023
Underrepresented POC in Jobs - Less Humanized News Coverage
Apr 15, 2023
Overt Racism - AGAIN!
Apr 08, 2023
Employment and Unemployment Among People of Color
Apr 01, 2023
Racial Segregation
Mar 25, 2023
Medical Racism - Denied Access
Mar 18, 2023
Medical Racism - Toxic (Tox-Sick) Workplace
Mar 11, 2023
Sundown Town - Vidor, TX
Mar 04, 2023
Black History - Naomi Osaka
Feb 28, 2023
Black History - Simone Biles
Feb 27, 2023
Black History - Amanda Gorman
Feb 26, 2023
Black History - Laverne Cox
Feb 26, 2023
Black History - Stacey Abrams
Feb 25, 2023
Black History - Nichelle Nichols
Feb 23, 2023
Black History - Kamala Harris
Feb 22, 2023
Black History - Rev. Raphael Warnock
Feb 21, 2023
Black History - Alvin Ailey
Feb 21, 2023
Black History - Al Sharpton
Feb 19, 2023
Black History - Toni Morrison
Feb 18, 2023
Black History - Michael Jordan
Feb 17, 2023
Black History - Robert Abbott
Feb 16, 2023
Black History - George Foreman
Feb 15, 2023
Black History - Muhammad Ali
Feb 14, 2023
Black History - Oprah Winfrey
Feb 13, 2023
Black History - Frederick Douglass
Feb 12, 2023
Black History - James Baldwin
Feb 11, 2023
Black History - Maya Angelou
Feb 10, 2023
Black History - Jackie Robinson
Feb 09, 2023
Black History - Dr. Charles Drew
Feb 08, 2023
Black History - Martin Luther King Jr.
Feb 07, 2023
Black History - Malcolm X
Feb 07, 2023
Black History - Barack Obama
Feb 06, 2023
Black History - Thurgood Marshall
Feb 05, 2023
Black History - Colin Kaepernick
Feb 04, 2023
Black History - Aretha Franklin
Feb 02, 2023
Black History Episode - Cariol Horne
Feb 01, 2023
Leadership and Accountability Southwest Airlines
Jan 28, 2023
Leadership and Accountability
Jan 21, 2023
Hard to Live The American Dream As A Black Person
Apr 30, 2022
Male Privilege
Apr 23, 2022
Racism on Gun Control
Apr 16, 2022
Transgender Identity
Apr 09, 2022
Interracial Relationships
Apr 02, 2022
Interracial Marriage
Mar 26, 2022
Hate Crime in Lousiana
Mar 19, 2022
Hate Crime: Utah
Mar 12, 2022
Hate Crime: Kentucky
Mar 05, 2022
Hate Crimes
Feb 26, 2022
Gerrymandering: Texas ; Hate Crime; Pennsylvania
Feb 19, 2022
Gerrymandering: North Carolina; Hate Crime: Ohio
Feb 12, 2022
Gerrymandering: North Carolina; Hate Crime: New Mexico
Feb 05, 2022
Hate Crime: Missouri; Gerrymandering: Texas
Jan 29, 2022
Gerrymandering; Ohio & Hate Crime; Kansas
Jan 22, 2022
Hate Crime Arizona
Jan 15, 2022
Hate Crime Alabama
Dec 18, 2021
Hate Crime Mississippi
Dec 11, 2021
Hate Crime Wisconsin
Dec 04, 2021
Hate Crime Georgia
Nov 27, 2021
Hate Crime Texas
Nov 21, 2021
Gerrymandering Indiana Part 2
Nov 13, 2021
Gerrymandering Indiana Part 1
Nov 06, 2021
Hate Crimes Florida
Oct 30, 2021
Hate Crimes Louisiana
Oct 23, 2021
Hate Crimes New York
Oct 16, 2021
Hate Crimes California
Oct 09, 2021
Hate Crimes Indiana
Oct 02, 2021
Lynching
Sep 04, 2021
Covert vs Overt
Aug 29, 2021
Covert and Overt
Aug 28, 2021
Color Blindness
Aug 21, 2021
The Confederate Flag
Aug 14, 2021
Police Lives Matter
Aug 07, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Jul 31, 2021
Toxic Behavior and Ties to Racism
Jul 24, 2021
Ma'Khia Bryant
Jul 21, 2021
Adam Toledo
Jul 10, 2021
Thoughts on the George Floyd Trial
Jul 03, 2021
From My Experiences
Jun 26, 2021
Oppression
Jun 19, 2021
White Supremacy and Gaslighting
Jun 12, 2021
Donald Trump and Connections to Hate Crimes Parts 3 & 4
Jun 05, 2021
Donald Trump and Connections to Hate Crimes Parts 1 & 2
Jun 05, 2021
Sharon Osbourne
May 29, 2021
White Lives Matter Movement
May 22, 2021
Ron Johnson and the Differences Between Black Lives Matter Protest and the Capitol Riot
May 15, 2021
Candace Owens
May 08, 2021
Park Cannon
May 01, 2021
The Facts
Apr 24, 2021
Trailer Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts
Apr 23, 2021