Ryan Coogler and the Plight of Real N*****

Kermit Ray Thomas Jr
Woke and Restless
Published in
7 min readMar 17, 2022

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Some Thoughts About Black-on-Black Racism

On January 7, 2022, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was detained by police after a bank teller accused him of trying to rob the bank that he was trying to withdraw his money from.

In 2018, Michael B. Jordan did an interview on Viceland’s Desus & Mero where he talked about his relationship with Ryan Coogler. It was during a press tour for Black Panther, Jordan and Coogler’s third movie together, and Jordan had nothing negative to say about his longtime friend and director, “You know that’s the homie…He’s unapologetically who…

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Kermit Ray Thomas Jr
Woke and Restless

Co-host of the Woke and Restless podcast. Dope, but different. Naturally black. Unnaturally American. Unapologetically both.