Monthly Archives: August 2017

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August 29, 2017EpisodesArtie Lange, Cari Champion, Mandingo, Racism, Slaverychampagnesharks

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D. (http://twitter.com/mdmills79), Mike (http://twitter.com/blackexception1) and I (http://twitter.com/rickyrawls) discuss the plantation dynamics involved in a weird, random encounter I had in a bar this week.

Mentioned in this episode:

“Comedian Artie Lange Sent Some Really Disgusting Tweets About ESPN First Take Host Cari Champion” by Chris Yuscavage: http://www.complex.com/sports/2014/11/artie-lange-sent-disgusting-tweets-espn-first-take-host-cari-champion/
Street Harassment viral video, “10 Hours Walking in NYC as a Woman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A

Preview of CS 025: Mayweather vs. McGregor (08/27/2017)

August 28, 2017Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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D, Mike, and I start off discussing last night’s Mayweather vs. McGregor fight and the conversation ends up going to some interesting places.
Mentioned in this episode:

Johnny Knoxville twitter thread and the meme response twitter.com/lewbarth/status/901677017669750788
“Joe Louis and Jack Johnson” by CLR James (it turns out JR Johnson was a pen name of CLR James, leading to the confusion in this episode when I can’t figure out why both names appear attached to the article). twitter.com/lewbarth/status/901677017669750788
“Why The Elites Always Rule” by Hugo Drochon www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…es-always-rule
The Mind and Society Vol. 1 by Vilfredo Pareto amzn.to/2wh55JZ
Malcolm X on Liberals and Conservatives, #Clip 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPLx7TEeY0, #Clip 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jfp0_vIn2U

CS 024: Integration is Not A Racism Solution (08/27/2017)

August 28, 2017EpisodesIntegration, Jim Crow, Race, Racism, Segregationchampagnesharks

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A solo episode talking about why the obsession with integration is a misguided antiracism strategy.

Links to materials discussed:

An example of the studies and articles about how school diversity helps white students that some black pundits were linking to, “3 Ways White Kids Benefit Most From Racially Diverse Schools” http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/white-kids-benefits-diverse-schools/
Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice by David Pilgrim http://amzn.to/2vBfLkY

Preview of CS 023: Boston Wrong (8/19/2017)

August 20, 2017EpisodesAlt-Right, Amy Schumer, Donald Trump, FightSupremacy, Lena Dunhamchampagnesharks

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We talk about the most recent rally by racists taking place in Boston, the Free Speech Rally, and the counter-rally scheduled to fight it, #FightSupremacy.

We also cover a host of other topics in the news.

Resources mentioned:

Filmmaker Xavier Burgin: How It Feels to Explain Nate Parker to White Hollywood http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmmaker-xavier-burgin-how-feels-explain-nate-parker-white-hollywood-952467
Circling the Square of Trump’s Relationship With Race https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/us/politics/trump-blacks-african-americans-girlfriend-charlottesville.html
Boston Rally Touting Free Speech http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/us/boston-rally-latest/index.html?sr=twCNN081917boston-rally-latest1214PMVODtop
Counterprotesters Being Marching Ahead of Controversial Boston Rally http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/us/boston-free-speech-rally/index.html
I Think For Myself: Trump Voters Voice Their Support Despite Charlottesville Comments https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-voters-charlottesville-virginia-car-attack/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g
Crowdfunding for the Fight Supremacy Rally https://www.youcaring.com/blmnetworkblmcambridgeresistanceresponsefund-903133
These Trump Supporters Fall for a Ballot-Destroying Hoax https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/trump-drudge-post-office-troll/
My President Was Black by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/
Obama Administration Earmarks $12M for Holocaust Survivors https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/
U.S. Government to Pay $492 Million to 17 American Indian Tribes http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/27/495627997/u-s-government-to-pay-492-million-to-17-american-indian-tribes
Obama Administration Approves Nearly $1-billion Settlement with Native Americans http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-tribes-settlement-20150917-story.html
An example of a B.I.L.L. story (Black Interpersonal Lifestyle Liberalism) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nev4kd/black-women-share-their-awful-interracial-dating-stories
A Thread by Ocky J. Critiquing the Jamilah Lemieux tweet we discussed https://twitter.com/OckyJ83/status/897615375822671872

CS 022: Charlottesville (08/12/2017)

August 16, 2017EpisodesCharlottesville, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Unite the Rightchampagnesharks

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I sit down with D. Mills (https://twitter.com/mdmills79/) and Mike (https://twitter.com/blackexception1) to discuss the Charlottesville Unite the Right protests, a recent Essence article, Blavity Blacks, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Articles and tweets discussed:

Protestor who confronted the Alt Right with chains https://twitter.com/Alice_N_Chains_/status/896512399947177984
Thread by the Women’s March people about Charlottesville https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/896393677244964865
Tweet where I put up where the Alt Right said they didn’t want women or anyone who wasn’t able-bodied on the frontlines. https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/896282610745446400
Essence article, which admittedly isn’t as divisive as the headline suggests: “Dear Cis People: It’s Time To Turn To Black Trans Leadership” http://www.essence.com/culture/black-transgender-non-binary-activists-to-know
Twitter thread giving background on Brittany Ferrell and her controversy with Darren Seals https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/895069484603633665
Various instances of Darren Seals refusing to join forces with white people trying to join with him to throw his enemies in Black Lives Matter under the bus https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/685546986708180992, https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/684864645115453440, https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/685546776389005312

Preview of CS 021: Dave Chappelle Controversy (8/06/2017)

August 8, 2017Episodeschampagnesharks

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Mike (https://twitter.com/blackexception1 on Twitter) and I discuss the controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle’s trans jokes as discussed in a recent Jezebel article:

Dave Chappelle is Still Telling Transphobic Jokes According to Report by Rich Juzwiak http://jezebel.com/dave-chappelle-is-still-telling-transphobic-jokes-acco-1797475330

Materials discussed in this episode:

How the Alt-Right Is Using Sex and Camp to Attract Gay Men to Fascism By Donna Minkowitz http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/06/05/how_alt_right_leaders_jack_donovan_and_james_o_meara_attract_gay_men_to.html
No Asians, no black people. Why do gay people tolerate blatant racism? by Owen Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/24/no-asians-no-blacks-gay-people-racism
Shocking survey finds racism is endemic among gay men by Benjamin Butterworth http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/05/23/shocking-gmfa-survey-finds-racism-is-endemic-among-gay-men/
A New Survey Claiming That LGBT People Are Less Racist Misses the Reality of Racism in the Queer Community By Preston Mitchum http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/07/25/are_white_lgbt_people_really_less_racist_than_their_cisgender_straight_counterparts.html
‘No Blacks’ Is Not a Sexual Preference. It’s Racism by Samantha Allen http://www.thedailybeast.com/no-blacks-is-not-a-sexual-preference-its-racism
An Open Letter To Gay, White Men: No, You’re Not Allowed To Have A Racial Preference by Donovan Trott http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-open-letter-to-gay-white-men-no-youre-not-allowed_us_5947f0ffe4b0f7875b83e459
In Trump’s America, racism on gay dating apps is getting worse by Nico Lang https://www.dailydot.com/irl/racism-gay-dating-apps/
Gay Bars Can be Mind-Bogglingly Racist by Mikelle Street https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d7bd9k/gay-bars-can-be-mind-bogglingly-racist
Michael Sam Sees More Racism in Gay Community Than Homophobia in Black Community https://www.queerty.com/michael-sam-sees-more-racism-in-gay-community-than-homophobia-in-black-community-20160330

CS 020: The Man-Not feat. Dr. Tommy Curry (07/31/2017)

August 1, 2017EpisodesIntersectional, Intersectionality, Race, Racism, Rod Dreher, Tommy Currychampagnesharks

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Today D. Mills (https://twitter.com/mdmills79) and I talk with Dr. Tommy Curry (https://twitter.com/drtjc) on the need for black male studies in academia and the media. Dr. Curry has also been in the news recently for a controversy he’s been embroiled in thanks to a witch hunt started by conservative white supremacist Rod Dreher. We also go into whether such a thing as Black Patriarchy exists in the black community or if it’s a myth,

Discussion Materials:

Dr. Curry’s book The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood http://amzn.to/2wj8YwS

Dr. Curry’s Academia.edu page where you can find his academic papers: http://tamu.academia.edu/TommyCurry

The Chronicle article about the Curry/Dreher/TAMU controvery: http://www.chronicle.com/article/who-s-left-to-defend-tommy/240757?key=f15y8715k1n0EpJg1p9khe9nkj7TkzwTZX8waDzm-XB91giqSV5o9bjJHYi2An7uekdiM0pUNEhUQllnaGszX0dZV3lqMGNsbVlvMzZyaHpPakJvMFNDWW1qbw

Contested Memories: A Critical Analysis of the Black Feminist Revisionist History Project by Valethia Watkins, Ph.D., J.D. http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol9no4/JuneJuly-17-Watkins.pdf

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Monthly Archives: August 2017

CS 026: Plantation Sex (08/27/2017)

Preview of CS 025: Mayweather vs. McGregor (08/27/2017)

CS 024: Integration is Not A Racism Solution (08/27/2017)

Preview of CS 023: Boston Wrong (8/19/2017)

CS 022: Charlottesville (08/12/2017)

Preview of CS 021: Dave Chappelle Controversy (8/06/2017)

CS 020: The Man-Not feat. Dr. Tommy Curry (07/31/2017)