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October 24, 2017EpisodesCarol Dweck, Fake News, Fixed Mindset, Growth Mindset, Stereotype Threatchampagnesharks

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Sorry, there’s some static on my mic this episode. We discuss disinformation on social media and the dynamics of it.

Discussed in this episode:

The Ludacris abs controversy: https://www.stereogum.com/1934421/ludacris-says-his-bad-cgi-abs-are-intentional/video/
The concept of intermittent rewards (or random reinforcement) and how it related to social media platforms like Twitter https://blog.bufferapp.com/psychology-of-twitter
The Daily Caller’s misleading article about the Cornell Black Student Union scenario: “Black Student Group Complains Ivy League School Is Letting In Too Many African Students” http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/28/black-student-group-complains-ivy-league-school-is-letting-in-too-many-african-students/ The Atlanta Black Star article carelessly repeating Daily Caller’s misleading slant: “Cornell University Black Student Group Complains of Too Many African, Caribbean Students” http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/10/02/cornell-university-black-student-group-complains-many-african-caribbean-students/
The original Cornell Sun (student newspaper) article that the Daily Caller and Atlanta Black Star misrepresented: http://cornellsun.com/2017/09/27/black-students-uniteds-demands-in-hand-cornell-president-faces-first-big-test/
The Cornell BSU’s original statement with the demands: https://www.scribd.com/document/360033913/Black-Students-United-at-Cornell-Demands-September-2017
The Wall Street Journal’s eventual article about it https://www.wsj.com/articles/cornells-black-student-disunion-1508364848
Daniel Kaluuya’s response to Samuel Jackson “Get Out Star Daniel Kaluuya Has an Eloquent Response to Samuel L. Jackson’s Criticism”: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/get-out-daniel-kaluuya-samuel-l-jackson-jordan-peele-black-actors
NY Magazine article on Carol Dweck, “How Not to Talk to Your Kids” by Po Bronson: http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/mindset-theory-a-popular-idea-in-education-may-be-trouble.html.
“Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset” by Derek Sivers: https://sivers.org/mindset
Stereotype Threat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat
Findings about white teachers and black students and how it correlates to Stereotype Threat and Dweck’s research: “The Race Connection: Are Teachers More Effective With Students Who Share Their Ethnicity?” by Thomas Dee http://educationnext.org/the-race-connection/, “When Teachers Overcompensate for Racial Prejudice” https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/when-teachers-overcompensate-for-racial-prejudice/256951/, and “The Impact of White Teachers on the Academic Achievement of Black Students: An Exploratory Qualitative Analysis” by Bruce Douglas, Chance W. Lewis, Adrian Douglas, Malcolm Earl Scott, & Dorothy Garrison-Wade http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ839497.pdf
Carol Dweck’s book summing up her research, Mindset http://amzn.to/2y45Vt4

CS 040: Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity Pt. 2 with Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles (10/16/2017)

October 21, 2017EpisodesFrank Chin, Geeks, Milestone Comics, Nerds, Robert Crumbchampagnesharks

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Today we have Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles on to discuss their 2012 article “Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity”. This article is very dense and has a lot of different ideas making up its thesis, so we didn’t feel we could contain the discussion within a single episode. Therefore it’s a two-part episode, with this being the second part. Both parts are free and not bonus premium episodes. Subscribers to Patreon will have access to a combined version of this episode with the full two hour interview as one file however.

Dr. Kom Kunyosying completed a Ph.D. in English at the University of Oregon where he studied the overlap between iconic and ethnic representation in U.S. comics in relation to other visual and prose media. He has published essays on the rise of geek culture for Jump Cut (with Carter Soles) and on metonymy and ecology in Charles Burns’s Black Hole for Interdisciplinary Studies Literature Environment. His essay with Carter Soles, “The Walking Dead’s Hyperreal Hillbilly: Horror, Melodrama, and Backwoods White Protagonists,” is in the forthcoming anthology, “There’s Us and the Dead”: Identity Politics in The Walking Dead (McFarland). He teaches Writing and Literature at Nashua Community College. He can be contacted at kkunyosying@ccsnh.edu.

Dr. Carter Soles completed a Ph.D. at University of Oregon. Carter Soles is Assistant Professor of Film Studies in the English Department at The College at Brockport (SUNY). His research interests include geek studies, gender and identity studies, film authorship, and the comedy and horror genres. He has published articles on the queerness of the independent film Chuck&Buck (2000) for Jump Cut and on the figure of the hillbilly in 1970’s horror cinema for The Eco-Cinema Reader(Routledge, 2012). His profile can be found here: https://www.brockport.edu/academics/english/directory/soles_carter.html. He can be contacted on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cartersoles

Discussed in this Part 2 episode:

“Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity” by Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc54.2012/SolesKunyoGeedom/
Robert Crumb’s “Whiteman” comic strip: http://img.eastfist.com/whitemanbyRCrumb.jpg
Robert Crumb’s “Whiteman Meets BigFoot” http://champagnesharks.blubrry.net/whiteman-meets-bigfoot/
Frank Chin’s concept of “Racist Love.” https://chintalks.blogspot.com/2008/08/racist-love.html
Contrast the scenes with Kyle the geek and Rhonda from Road Trip to Crumb’s “Whiteman Meets Bigfoot”. As Kyle becomes increasingly uninhibited and less geeky, he at the same time is shown embracing stereotypical blackness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz3SOdEw0LY. This culminates with nerdy Kyle bedding a large, very sensual black woman, interestingly shown in animal print, as the final step in conquering his repression and reclaiming his manhood. Note the animal print the black woman is wearing (nature, animalistic). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281lLnMhKVI Like Crumb’s Whiteman, sex with the primal, primitive, hyper sexual black woman is transformative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Ly36Bdmcw. This is taken further when we see how much more masculine Kyle is portrayed in the afterglow of the sexual encounter. Also note his friend explicitly asks if he had sex with an animal, a subtle dehumanization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnjGj3rx1N0. The Postmodern Geekdom article has more examples of this trope of geeks using black slumming as a way to reclaim primal masculinity.
Tony Harris’s rant against conventionally hot women infiltrating geek culture, especially in cosplay and comic convention culture: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/11/13/hey-quasi-pretty-not-hot-girl-you-are-more-pathetic-than-the-real-nerds-tony-harris/
Black Skin, White Masks by Franz Fanon http://amzn.to/2ze0Z5E. Also, What Fanon Said by Lewis Gordon http://amzn.to/2zsZe5s
“Incoherent Icon” by Noah Berlatsky, about Milestone Comics’ Icon comic and the lack of political imagination of its black creators regarding its Black Superman. http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/03/incoherent-icon/. Also, discussing Milestone comics is “Diverse Mediocre Genre Product” by Noah Berlatsky http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/02/diverse-mediocre-genre-product/ and “J. Lamb on Why Superhero Diversity Isn’t Enough,” also by Noah Berlatsky http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/02/j-lamb-on-why-superhero-diversity-isnt-enough/.
Sexual Politics and Narrative Film: Hollywood and Beyond by Robin Wood, a collection where the essay “Mandingo: The Vindication of an Abused Masterpiece” first appears.http://amzn.to/2ysSeqI
Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class by Eric Lott http://amzn.to/2ze4hGg
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman, Jr. http://amzn.to/2xLJUne

Preview of CS 039: Is All Inequality Created Equal with Michael Brooks (10/20/2017)

October 21, 2017EpisodesMichael Brooks, Nelson Mandela, Racism, Socialism, Ta-Nehisi Coateschampagnesharks

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Today Michael Brooks joins us to discuss various topics recently in the notes, including the ongoing debate between Ta-Nehisi Coates and various figures on the left and identity issues vs. class issues in general.

Michael Brooks is host of The Michael Brooks Show https://www.patreon.com/TMBS, co-host of the Majority Report, co-host of 2 Dope Boys & a Podcast, his writing has appeared in Jacobin, Baffler, Open Democracy and the Washington Post. Follow him here https://twitter.com/_michaelbrooks

Discussed in this episode:

My recent appearance on The Michael Brooks Show, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1B5A4nV-rE
“How Ta-Nehisi Coates Gives Whiteness Power by Thomas Chatterton Williams https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/ta-nehisi-coates-whiteness-power.html
“Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Us” by Douglas Williams https://thesouthlawn.org/2017/10/09/between-ta-nehisi-coates-and-us/
Toxic Inequality by Thomas M. Shapiro http://amzn.to/2yD97O6

CS 038: Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity Pt. 1 with Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles (10/16/2017)

October 18, 2017EpisodesEliot Rodger, Geeks, Nerds, Racism, Sexismchampagnesharks

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Today we have Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles on to discuss their 2012 article “Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity”. This article is very dense and has a lot of different ideas making up its thesis, so we didn’t feel we could contain the discussion within a single episode. Therefore it’s a two-part episode, with this being the first part. Both parts are free and not bonus premium episodes. Subscribers to Patreon will have access to a combined version of this episode with the full two hour interview as one file however.

Discussed in this Part 1 episode:

“Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity” by Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc54.2012/SolesKunyoGeedom/
Elliot Rodger’s identity issues as being both a White geek and an Asian geek: “Elliot Rodger’s Manifesto Shows Self-hate Fueled Anti-Asian Violence that Kicked off Isla Vista Rampage” http://aaldef.org/blog/elliot-rodgers-manifesto-shows-self-hate-fueled-anti-asian-violence-that-kicked-off-isla-vista-rampa.html.
Elliot Rodger’s racist antiblack motivations, “Elliot Rodger, Isla Vista Shooting Suspect, Posted Racist Messages on Misogynistic Website”: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/05/24/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-suspect-posted-racist-messages-misogynistic-website.
Elliot Rodger’s sexist motivations, “Elliot Rodger Left Behind Tons of Sexist, Racist YouTube Comments From Second Account” https://splinternews.com/elliot-rodger-left-behind-tons-of-sexist-racist-youtub-1793841790

Preview of CS 037: The Arrogance of Dismissal (10/18/2017)

October 18, 2017EpisodesDonald Trump, Heather Heyer, Pras, Racism, White Supremacychampagnesharks

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This is a solo episode where I discuss something called The Arrogance of Dismissal. I got the term from an interview DJ Vlad did with Pras, formerly of the Fugees. It’s a concept that describes why white people often fall prey to cultural phenomenons that are utterly predictable and avoidable, but keep making the same mistakes due to a blind spot in their analysis that comes from a cognitive bias created by white supremacy that keep them from learning from examples that involve nonwhite people

Discussed in this episode:

“How the Founder of the Fugees Became a Big-Time Political Donor Without Anyone Knowing” http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/03/pras_michel_funded_super_pac_black_men_vote_limited_liability_companies.html
Youtube interview: “Pras on Hillary Clinton Almost Interviewing with VladTV” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfIiC9S9eA
“White Families Are In Trouble Too” by Nicholas Eberstadt “http://www.aei.org/publication/white-families-are-in-trouble-too/“
“Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt: The Democrats lost the white working class. The Republicans exploited it. Can Clinton win it back?” by George Packer https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/hillary-clinton-and-the-populist-revolt
“From Charlottesville To Athens, People Around The World Mourn Heather Heyer” by Tasbeeh Herwees https://www.good.is/slideshows/tributes-to-heather-heyer-from-charlottesville-to-athens

CS 036: Pumpkin Spice Supremacy feat. Torraine Walker (10/07/2017)

October 9, 2017EpisodesCam Newton, Erin Andrews, Jordan Rodrigue, Richard Sherman, Torraine Walkerchampagnesharks

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Today, prolific freelance writer Torraine Walker (https://twitter.com/torrainewalker) joins us to talk about the Cam Newton sexism controversy and how he managed to uncover racist tweets by the white feminist reporter at the heart of the controversy, and how the mainstream media and white feminists are choosing to only focus on Newton’s sexism while minimizing and ignoring the female reporter’s racism.

Discussed in this episode:

Torraine Walker’s website and clippings: http://www.torrainewalker.com/work.html
Cam Newton’s controversial comment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y66UzHEPq98
Apologies and explanations from Newton after the controversy (which conveniently enough omit the reporter in question’s own past racist comments): http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/national-football-league/nfl-star-cam-newton-apologises-sexist-comments-female-reporter-jourdan-rodrigue-a7987766.html and http://nypost.com/2017/10/09/cam-newton-says-sexist-response-was-attempt-at-compliment/
“BREAKING: Sports Writer At The Center Of Cam Newton Controversy Caught Being Racist Online
Watch White feminism work”, including Torraine Walker’s involvement. https://blavity.com/breaking-sports-writer-at-the-center-of-cam-newton-controversy-caught-being-racist-online
Erin Andrews discussing the Richard Sherman controversy, “Erin Andrews’ Biggest Regret From That Infamous Richard Sherman Interview” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/19/erin-andrews-richard-sherman_n_5693021.html
I mention the concept of “TradWife” when discussing the concept of “racist love” or “sexist love”. Here is what a TradWife is: https://timeline.com/fascinating-womanhood-andelin-feminism-509dfe538de7
“The battle of the Swedish chocolate ball” (Negerbollar) https://watchingtheswedes.com/2014/05/12/the-battle-of-the-swedish-chocolate-ball/
“New Poll Finds That Hillary Supporters Are Pretty Racist Too” by Josh Voorhees http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/29/reuters_hillary_clinton_supporters_are_pretty_racist_too.html
The threads of woke black twitter people siding with white feminists over black men. Here: https://twitter.com/queersocialism/status/916051375137705984 and here: https://twitter.com/RyanTheHoly/status/916135121194975232
White feminist trying to minimize the racism and get it back “on topic” toward the sexist focus: https://twitter.com/kateefeldman/status/915993873385738241
Jordan Rodrigue’s fauxpology: https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/915976275356999680

Preview of CS 035: The Woke In Review (10/07/2017)

October 9, 2017EpisodesCam Newton, Frank Chin, Joan Walsh, Karpman Drama Triangle, Zerlina Maxwellchampagnesharks

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Discussion of various topics in the news:

The white feminist sports reporter whose racist tweets were discovered while she was trying to drag a black man for sexism: https://blavity.com/breaking-sports-writer-at-the-center-of-cam-newton-controversy-caught-being-racist-online
The white feminist who tried to make everyone ignore another white feminist’s racism in favor of instead focusing on a black man’s sexism: https://twitter.com/kateefeldman/status/915993873385738241
Black women hopping into the suspected racist white feminist’s replies in order to solicit Black Girl Magic headpats from white liberals, here: https://twitter.com/goodearl/status/916391592105316352 and here: https://twitter.com/PoliticalXpat/status/916047938601799680
A summary of the Hugo Schwyzer debacle and the #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen hashtag: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/solidarityisforwhitewomen-hashtag-feminism
Neely Fuller on Premature Celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcCIXyoVUCI
“Trust Black Women” by Zerlina Maxwell http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a12662138/nasty-women-book-zerlina-maxwell-trust-black-women/
A thread of me showing the Joan Walsh thread: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/912429306533548032
The “Puve” tweet Mike mentions near the end: https://twitter.com/goodearl/status/916393124980805632
A thread I did where I discussed more nuanced formed of intersectional theory that don’t get promoted online in social media: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/915701704007528448
Frank Chin’s concept of “Racist Love” https://chintalks.blogspot.com/2008/08/racist-love.html
Two overviews of the Karpman Drama Triangle: “Karpman Drama Triangle” http://pastormattrichard.webs.com/4%20-%20The%20Karpman%20Drama%20Triangle.pdfand “The Three Faces of Victim – An Overview of the Drama Triangle” https://www.lynneforrest.com/articles/2008/06/the-faces-of-victim/

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Monthly Archives: October 2017

CS 041: Disinformation Society (10/24/2017)

CS 040: Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity Pt. 2 with Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles (10/16/2017)

Preview of CS 039: Is All Inequality Created Equal with Michael Brooks (10/20/2017)

CS 038: Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity Pt. 1 with Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles (10/16/2017)

Preview of CS 037: The Arrogance of Dismissal (10/18/2017)

CS 036: Pumpkin Spice Supremacy feat. Torraine Walker (10/07/2017)

Preview of CS 035: The Woke In Review (10/07/2017)