Monthly Archives: September 2017

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September 28, 2017EpisodesColin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Food, Police Brutality, Racismchampagnesharks

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The first half hour is us talking about chain restaurants like Cheesecake Factory for some reason, then the conversation turns to Colin Kaepernick and the #takeaknee controversy.

Two books that cover all the addictive engineering of food products by scientists and labs. The End of Overeating by David Kessler http://amzn.to/2wWJyK7 and Sugar Fat Salt by Michael Moss http://amzn.to/2yacoa9.
Related articles to the two books: “How The Food Industry Manipulates Taste Buds With ‘Salt Sugar Fat'” by Nell Boeschenstein from NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/02/26/172969363/how-the-food-industry-manipulates-taste-buds-with-salt-sugar-fat, “You Really Can’t Eat Just One, and Here’s the Reason” by Scott Mowbray http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/books/salt-sugar-fat-by-michael-moss.html?mcubz=0, and ‘The End of Overeating’ by David Kessler (excerpt) http://onpoint.legacy.wbur.org/2009/07/02/the-end-of-overeating-excerpt.
My original twitter thread about #takeaknee https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/911696707611750400 and the followup twitter thread after Trump did what I predicted https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/912349207431974913.
40 Million Dollar Slaves by William C. Rhoden http://amzn.to/2xHrNNC
When Affirmative Action is White by Ira Katznelson http://amzn.to/2yHDNgF
The Black lesbian comic writer who went on Breakfast Club to discuss her comic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZjJb6xhgxE
Jason Black doing commentary on how bad the Breakfast Club interview went. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdGFnhcRzhk
“Folie A Deux: When Two People Go Insane Together” https://io9.gizmodo.com/5955095/folie-a-deux-when-two-people-go-insane-together

Preview of CS 033: Straight Black Men Are The White People of Black People

September 27, 2017EpisodesPatriarchy, Straight Black Men, Tommy Curry, Very Smart Bros, Yvette Carnellchampagnesharks

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We discuss the recent Very Smart Brothas “Straight Black Men are the White People of Black People”

Discussed in the episode:

Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People by Damon Young http://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/straight-black-men-are-the-white-people-of-black-people-1814157214
“What Are The Drums Saying, Booker?” by Adolph Reed https://libcom.org/files/ReedWhatAreTheDrumsSayingBooker.pdf
“Black Like Mao” by Robin D.G. Kelley and Betsy Esch http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/souls/vol1no4/vol1num4art1.pdf
Yvette Carnell’s definitive takedown of the Damon Young article: “Straight Black Men are the White Men of Black People ???? Really?!?! 9/20” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xc4K5UDDZs
My Twitter thread in response to this article: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/910261591219871749
“My Response To ‘Straight Black Men Are The White People of Black People’” by
Talitha V. Anyabwele http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-girl-responds-to-straight-black-men-are-the_us_59c630ede4b0f2df5e83ae88
“It’s Funny How 1 Title Can Fuck Up the Game: Thoughts on the Response to Damon’s Piece About Black Men” by Panama Jackson http://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/it-s-funny-how-1-title-can-fuck-up-the-game-thoughts-o-1818726125
White Gay Pay Wage Gap: “Unequal Pay: The Gay Wage Gap” by Joe Pinsker https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/gay-men-women-lesbian-earnings-wage-gap/396074/
Black Gay Pay Wage Gap: “Alarming Princeton Study Reveals Gay Black Men More Likely to Get Higher Salary Than a Straight Ones” by BRAINUSER1 http://www.eurweb.com/2015/03/alarming-princeton-study-reveals-gay-black-men-more-likely-to-get-higher-salary-than-a-straight-ones/
The thread listing so-called Black male privileges https://twitter.com/commandr_nchief/status/911217859858243584

CS 032: Blerds (09/17/2017)

September 20, 2017EpisodesBlerds, Cardi B, Comics, Michael Slager, Walking Deadchampagnesharks

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We open up discussing recent developments with the Michael Slager case, then we go into the topic of blerds (Black Nerds) in response to a question from a listener about why I always go in on them.

Discussed in this episode:

Recent Michael Slager developments http://www.postandcourier.com/news/as-michael-slager-sentencing-nears-demise-of-north-charleston-police/article_ca264d16-98b6-11e7-a700-f76ce6d98c30.html
Tariq Nasheed discussing the character Finn and how bad his character was in Star Wars: The Force Awakens http://ytcropper.com/cropped/t259c21e849e373
Twitter thread full of the type of black creator-owned comics full of black representation that your typical blerd will ignore: https://twitter.com/ChocCityComics/status/893929667257921536
The terrible T-Dog vs. Merle scene from Walking Dead, which was actually worse than I remembered. As the black thug gets beaten up by the white supremacist, the Asian guy and swarthy guy are looking on ineffectually and afraid and white women and a black women are also cowering, so basically everyone, including white women and men and women of color are all cowering before the white male supremacist until the other white alpha male comes in to take him down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpN3xl1pO3Q
Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Updated and Expanded 5th http://amzn.to/2wFJVnG
“Humanity Not Included: DC’s Cyborg and the Mechanization of the Black Body” by sonofbaldwin https://themiddlespaces.com/2015/03/31/humanity-not-included/
A thread about GothamGirlBlue’s weird Hillary Clinton monarchy fantasy tweet: https://twitter.com/Bluepurplerain/status/909369406072827904
Luke Cage chasing down Dr. Doom for $200, “Where’s My Money, Honey?” http://www.cbr.com/i-love-ya-but-youre-strange-wheres-my-money-honey/
Thread by writer Myles Johnson about how a type of blerds, the Blavity Blacks (named after a website they tend to write for, Blavity.com) exoticize hood black people like Cardi B. in problematic ways, not too differently from how white people eroticize ratchet people: https://twitter.com/hausmuva/status/895502317931438080
A twitter thread doing exactly what Myles Johnson was bashing Blavity Blacks for doing with Cardi B. https://twitter.com/prezmomobologna/status/909061698191073280
Harmontown fans reacting, largely negatively, to GothamGirlBlue’s appearance on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Harmontown/comments/6opl7a/episode_252_epeephany/
Postmodern geekdom as simulated ethnicity https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc54.2012/SolesKunyoGeedom/
A video discussing a bunch of the problems with BBC’s Sherlock, including how he actually sucks at deduction as D. and I were trying to explain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkoGBOs5ecM

Preview of CS 031: Black Immigrants And White Supremacy (09/17/2017)

September 20, 2017EpisodesBlack Immigrants, Kamala Harris, Reparations, Summerhill, Ta-Nehisi Coateschampagnesharks

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Today D. Mills (http://twitter.com/mdmills79) and Mike (http://twitter.com/blackexception1) join me to discuss a Black immigrant conservative’s response to Ta-Nehisi Coate’s book Between the World and Me that appeared on the website Commentary and go onto a tangent about the cafe Summerhill that was opened by a tone-deaf gentrifier in Crown Heights.

The Commentary article decrying Ta-Nehisi Coates by Jamaican immigrant Jason D. Hill, “An Open Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates” https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/open-letter-ta-nehisi-coates/
Some background on Summerhill controversy: “Here’s That Press Release Summerhill Sent About Its Bullet Hole Wall, in Full” https://ny.eater.com/2017/7/24/16019934/summerhill-crown-heights-press-release-nyc
The Summerhill owner’s debacle at the Community Board meeting, including the infamous face palms we describe: “Crown Heights Bar Owner Refuses To Remove ‘Bullet Hole’ Wall: ‘I’m Sorry I Have A Sense Of Humor'” http://gothamist.com/2017/08/25/summerhill_meeting_crown_heights.php
An interview with Becca Brennan, owner of Summerhill, after the community board meeting, where she continues to be tone deaf: “https://theoutline.com/post/2197/a-conversation-with-brooklyn-s-most-controversial-restaurant-owner
“Hello, Fellow Kids.” https://media.giphy.com/media/ifxLK48cnyDDi/giphy.gif
Ta-Nehisi Coates addressing Black-on-Black Crime, “Black People Are Not Ignoring ‘Black on Black’ Crime” https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/08/black-people-are-not-ignoring-black-on-black-crime/378629/ and “The Myth of Black-on-Black Crime” https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/the-myth-of-black-on-black-crime/253829/
Kamala Harris’s aunt saying that all of Kamala’s positive traits came from growing up immersed in Indian culture: “My Niece, the U.S. Senator” http://www.rediff.com/news/special/my-niece-the-us-senator/20161111.htm
Other groups who have asked for and gotten reparations that Jason D. Hill conveniently ignores “Obama administration earmarks $12m for Holocaust survivors”: https://www.timesofisrael.com/obama-administration-earmarks-12m-for-holocaust-survivors/ and “U.S. Government To Pay $492 Million To 17 American Indian Tribes” https://www.timesofisrael.com/obama-administration-earmarks-12m-for-holocaust-survivors/
Yvette Carnell on which people, including which black people, actually get Affirmative Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvz2z9OhPyg

CS 030: Chamoane Sharks (09/10/2017)

September 13, 2017UncategorizedCults, Hillary Clinton, Peter Daou, Verrit, When Prophecy Failschampagnesharks

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D. Mills (http://twitter.com/mdmills79), Mike (http://twitter.com/blackexception1), and I discuss Hillary Clinton’s new book “What Happened?”, some funny meltdowns among the cult of diehard Hillary supporters including Joy Reid, and discuss Peter Daou and his new support group website for Hillaryites, Verrit.

Discussed in this episode:

Twitter threads by Joy Reid (https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/906612443736145920), Charles Clymer (https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/906657832359137280), and GothamGirlBlue (https://twitter.com/GothamGirlBlue/status/906012059191541766) melting down over Hillary
When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, the book: http://amzn.to/2wafGd2 and a Wikipedia summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails
“The Sapphire Caricature” (whole website is a good resource in general) https://ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/antiblack/sapphire.htm
Peter Daou and Verrit: 1) https://theoutline.com/post/2207/the-strange-life-of-peter-daou, 2) http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/09/07/an_interview_with_peter_daou_verrit_founder_and_hillary_superfan.html
and 3) https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/09/the-boy-in-the-bubble-peter-daous-verrit-is-peak-c.html

Preview of CS029: Listener Questions (09/10/17)

September 13, 2017EpisodesBlack, Feminism, Issa Rae, Race, White Identificationchampagnesharks

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In this episode, I answer some listener questions. If you want to ask some questions of your own that may be answered on-air in the future, go to https://curiouscat.me/ChampagneSharks or write us at champagnesharks@gmail.com.

Topics include the role of white women in white supremacy and the concept of black people identifying with white values.

Discussed in this episode:

Women of the Klan by Kathleen Blee http://amzn.to/2eXfenw

Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement by Kathleen Blee http://amzn.to/2xzb9RB

White Women’s Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States by Louise Michele Newman http://amzn.to/2jsmWv1

‘When and Where I Enter’: The Racist Expectations of Whites-Only Feminism by Kirsten West Savali https://www.theroot.com/when-and-where-i-enter-the-racist-expectations-of-whit-1790855079

“Really? This Is How High Achievement is Greeted?” by Karin Chenowith http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Karin-Chenoweth/really-this-is-how-high-a_b_6910700.html

Example of Issa Rae’s relationship to “ratchetness” (would actual black people with a so-called “authentic” black experience even need to have ratchet defined? Who is this video for?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJOaBer5kk

Black Mirror on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70264888

CS 028: Coppin’ Pleas ft. Emmet Penney (09/06/2017)

September 7, 2017EpisodesDanny Fetonte, DSA, Emmet Penny, Politicschampagnesharks

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This episode we have Emmet Penney (https://twitter.com/ChknNugtDeepSt8) on to discuss his article on a recent controversy that happened with DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, regarding the election of Danny Fetonte to the organization’s National Political Committee (NPC), which manages and directs the organization, Fetonte, a union organizer, was accused of covering up his involvement with organizing on behalf of police unions. Penney is the Membership Co-Chair for the Santa Fe DSA as well as one of the people who helped vote Fetonte in before discovering his involvement with police unions.

Emmet’s article “How the DSA Screwed Up with Danny Fetonte” can be found here:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/09/how-the-dsa-screwed-up-with-danny-fetonte.html

Preview of CS 027: Anti-Antifa White Moderates (09/03/2017)

September 7, 2017EpisodesAntifa, Liberals, Nazis, Racism, Trevor Noahchampagnesharks

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On this episode, D. Mills (http://www.twitter.com/mdmills79), Mike (http://www.twitter.com/blackexception1), and I discuss white moderates and their attempt to create a moral equivalency between Antifa and Nazis in the wake of incidents in Charlottesville and Berkeley.

Discussed in this episode:

My Twitter thread cataloguing a bunch of anti-Antifa takes by centrists in the media: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/902926678221082625
Martin Luther King’s feelings on White Moderates, excerpted from Letters from a Birmingham Jail
Trevor Noah on Antifa http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-daily-shows-trevor-noah-rails-against-antifa-they-are-vegan-isis
Gang Presence in the US Military, Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_presence_in_the_United_States_military
Gangland episode on gangs in the military, “Basic Training” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwh1gySyrY

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Monthly Archives: September 2017

CS 034: Restaurant Chains and Slave Chains (09/24/2017)

Preview of CS 033: Straight Black Men Are The White People of Black People

CS 032: Blerds (09/17/2017)

Preview of CS 031: Black Immigrants And White Supremacy (09/17/2017)

CS 030: Chamoane Sharks (09/10/2017)

Preview of CS029: Listener Questions (09/10/17)

CS 028: Coppin’ Pleas ft. Emmet Penney (09/06/2017)

Preview of CS 027: Anti-Antifa White Moderates (09/03/2017)