2 chapters across the catalog
Van Jones argued on The Breakfast Club that COVID-19 is disproportionately killing Black Americans due to "400 years of oppression" and systemic medical racism. Jones claimed that doctors do not take the pain of Black patients seriously and that "food deserts" limit access to healthy options. However, critics point out that Black Americans were historically healthy eaters until the recent industrial food era, challenging the 400-year narrative.
The hosts analyze a segment from Charlamagne Tha God's book *Shook Ones* regarding the physiological effects of chronic stress and cortisol on African Americans. They accuse Charlamagne and other morning radio hosts, like Tom Joyner, of being "witch doctors" who profit from charging up their audience with fear and anxiety. They argue that peddling fear is more dangerous than the physical drugs Charlamagne admitted to selling in his youth.
