The Breakfast Club INTERVIEW: Dr. Umar Talks FDMG Academy, Trump’s America, Interracial Relationships, Epstein Files, Diddy + More
Mar 23, 2026
Dr. Umar, Pan-African activist, psychologist, and founder of FDMG Academy. He discusses finishing and protecting an independent Black school, challenges with banks and inspections, views on Pan-African identity and DNA debates, takes on politics and reparations skepticism, shares personal family and dating perspectives, and tackles high-profile abuse cases and unequal prosecutions.
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Debanked And Nearly Lost The School
- Dr. Umar recounts being debanked by Citizens and receiving a notice that the city would sell the school for unpaid vacant property fees.
- He traced the $40,000 claim to increased vacant-property fees and fought to post-date a nonprofit waiver while securing a new Black bank.
Insist On Visible Grading For Standardized Tests
- Demand transparent, in-person grading when submitting students to external standardized tests.
- Dr. Umar says FDMG will allow state assessments only if they are graded in front of the school to prevent mis-scoring.
Scammed By Contractors During Renovation
- He admits being too trusting with contractors and says many Black vendors scammed the project, forcing him to later hire white contractors to finish the work.
- Dr. Umar promises to document those betrayals when he writes FDMG's history.