What’s in an apology if you don’t really mean it? This is a question I ask all the time as I see both public figures and people I know personally apologize for things they seem to have no real remorse for doing. From my view, an authentic apology should be accompanied by actions that support [...]

Citizens from at least 20 states have now signed petitions for their state to secede from the United States following the reelection of President Barack Obama. Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina,Tennessee, and Texas are among the states [...]

The KONY 2012 video has taken the Internet by storm, with over 50 million YouTube views as of today. Since its release, just about everyone, including celebrities, has tweeted or shared the 30-minute video on Twitter or Facebook. In the video, the director Jason Russell calls for the “arrest” of Lord’s Resistance Army leader, Joseph [...]

It seems that above all else, as a Black person, the predominant belief is that you must never publicly criticize another Black person who is held in high esteem by the community. Regardless of the merits of the statement, or whether it’s accurate or not, the idea is that it’s absolutely wrong to say anything [...]

With election season upon us, we’re all inundated sights of people preparing to “caress the polls” come November 6th. What should we do? Which way should we vote, or should we even vote at all? In order to even think about making a decision about voting, we need to understand the laws and history concerning [...]

The reported death of Muammar Gaddafi is merely another indicator of the direction the US and the West is taking in its neverending quest for complete world domination. This marks the end of an era, which lasted decades upon decades. Since the late 1970s and early 1980s, interests in the Middle East and elsewhere in [...]

A video recently went viral, in which a woman can be seen driving on the sidewalk to bypass a stopped school bus. As a condition of her sentencing, she was forced to stand on a street corner, holding a sign that read “only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.” [...]

One of the things that we’re constantly challenging is the threshold for truth. What is the standard people use to determine whether something is true or not? For centuries, people have used books as the gold standard of education, and it is generally accepted that if something is written, then it must be true–yet nothing [...]

The Aurora, Colorado theater massacre has reignited the debate about gun control in the country. There are many people who believe that gun control would have prevented such an occurrence. We live in a society where people blame access to guns for the violent acts that people who use them commit. We came across the [...]

So many of our brains are in chains, and we cannot think beyond that which has been propagandized with us in mind. Many of the things that target us are not for our benefit, but rather are intended to provide economic gain for those who scheme to dupe us with the ultimate mind screw. Blacks [...]

Today is Veterans Day in the United States–a day to honor American veterans of all wars. In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day, later known as Veterans Day. Considering that the country is still actively engaged in a war in Afghanistan and other undeclared wars elsewhere in [...]

Although it didn’t win the Best Motion Picture Oscar, The Help was a permanent fixture this awards season. Nevertheless, the film wasn’t without controversy–namely for masquerading as the story of the Black “help,” when it was really a coming-of-age tale of the young, White woman who served as the savior by telling their story in [...]

Heit starts the show by saying, “I’m not singing anymore,” only to begin belting a tune moments later. And so begins this episode of The Axiom Amnesia Theory with Heit & Cheri. The decision whether to “sing” along with the farce that is patriotism and public opinion can be difficult at times–especially when you want [...]

Why is it that politicians and others can easily point out the problem with our political system, yet they always come up with the same answer–just change leadership or add more crappy options from which to choose? In an MSNBC interview, former GOP presidential candidate, John Huntsman called for a third party, describing the American [...]

Never pass up the opportunity to hear history told from the vantage point of someone who actually lived it. If our desire is to understand the “who, what, where, when, how, and why” questions about the events of today, we must understand history–what proceeded or even facilitated these events. History books never tell the full [...]

Don’t yank our “Django Unchained”! In other words, please don’t try to feed us B.S. about the movie “Django Unchained,” slavery, or the Black culture and experience as told through the eyes of the presumptuous director Quentin Tarantino. On this episode of The Axiom Amnesia Theory, Heit & Cheri dedicate the entire show to dissecting [...]

When you stop to take a look around at the world in which we live, how can anyone deny that there is a guilty consciousness in our midst? We mindlessly allow those who have the most money, the most authority, and the most power to abuse the least among us. The masses are far too [...]

We all know that the world is ending in 2012, so Heit & Cheri decide to take a glimpse into what the new year will bring. Lyndon Baty’s avatar, which allows him to attend school and Google’s driverless vehicle are among the topics discussed. Heit & Cheri also make some special predictions for the year [...]

White supremacist capitalism is justified through a combination of the white racial frame and bourgeois ideology. The white racial frame and bourgeois ideology are connected and intertwined. Capitalism and the Bourgeois Ideology Bourgeois ideology describes capitalism as a system where if you work hard, are intelligent, virtuous, or industrious, then you will be prosperous. At [...]

Last week’s election brought up old wounds the populace has with the Electoral College, and with good reason. The idea of the Electoral College comes from the United States Constitution, Article II Section 1. Changes to the document added the 12th Amendment, passed in 1804. Basically, it grants the states electoral delegates equal to the [...]

One of the most important things we can do for our benefit today, and for that of future generations, is to focus on how we “right history.” Too often, we allow ourselves to be portrayed via historical inaccuracies–without protest–or allow ourselves to be written out of history completely. Heit & Cheri begin with a discussion [...]

Summary Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, [...]

There are so many ways to be “missing a head,” yet all of them are tragic in their own way. Sometimes peoples’ minds are so filled with propaganda that they become headless. And then, there are those who become physically headless as a result of the violent conflicts the U.S. wages abroad. Heit & Cheri [...]

Heit & Cheri kick off the show with an announcement that the secret they’ve been keeping is their new album, “Improper Conduct,” which is dropping next week. In the meantime, they give you a taste of what’s to come, by sharing their first single, “Get Up.” This week, the discussion focuses on a “bandwagon timeline.” [...]

Are you ready for your “history examination”? This episode of The Axiom Amnesia Theory with Heit & Cheri is packed full of history and critical examination of events of political and social significance. Cheri kicks off the show by asking Heit if he’s ever cheated in school, and whether or not he used a cheat [...]

Have you ever spent time debating government? It’s important to consider all forms of government in order to come up with your own conclusion as to which, if any, is the best. We often hear words like “democracy” and “communism” thrown around in the course of election season, but do you really understand what they [...]

Have you ever experienced “health carelessness”? It’s every human being’s right to have that which is necessary to sustain life–this includes access to health care. That’s why we’re dedicating this episode to the physical examination of our health care system, including the recent Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare (and the history of the law). The [...]

Summary Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz[1] (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز‎), was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in [...]

The world is a ghetto, but the hood is where the “authorities” spend most of their time plotting to systematically criminalize its inhabitants. Wanna know what life is like in the hood? On this episode of The Axiom Amnesia Theory, Heit & Cheri give you a glimpse into hood experiences from day-to-day experiences like shopping [...]

Summary Simple yet riveting, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the madness of racism in the South of the 1950s. Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews, this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened when a mischievous 14 year old black boy from Chicago, visiting his relatives in Mississippi, [...]