Tag: racism

Overdrive Radio
‘Twice as good’: Rico Muhammad on race-related opportunity barriers, trucking or otherwise
Previously on Overdrive Radio, Rico Muhammad detailed personal experience with policing issues. Listen as he elucidates race-related opportunity barriers today.
July 2, 2020
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Overdrive Radio
Having the ‘difficult conversations’: Race in trucking, wider U.S. culture with owner-op Rico Muhammad
In this week's Overdrive Radio, owner-operator Rico Muhammad details some of his own experiences of police interactions as an African-American. Listen here.
June 25, 2020
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Overdrive Extra
‘They’re not used to seeing a woman haul steel’ — Meet Md.-based Nikki Stewart
“There’s a lot of ego in steel hauling. You have to psych yourself up for it, like an athletic event. You have to have a good work ethic. They’re not used to seeing women hauling steel. When they see you’re a woman, they have to give you some kind of label.”  Hear more from Stewart in this ‘Faces of the Road’ installment from Long Haul Paul.
May 1, 2019
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Business
The strange lineage of Heziciah Buttonhole Benton
…who may or may not have been a racist, according to some speculators. Wendy: “If it makes you feel any better, I probably annoy myself as much as I annoy you.”
March 21, 2014
Heziciah Buttonhole Benton is a figment of my imagination, but Howard and Callie Carroll Benton were real and they were my great grandparents.
Business
The last topic safe from the PC cops
“Being politically correct has become more important than being sane and rational in this country.”
May 15, 2013
The last safe topic in America?
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