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April 24, 2018Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Mentioned in the episode:

- Update on whether Devonte Hart was intentional murder-suicide: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hart-family-crash-intentional-report-20180401-story.html
- “Allison Williams Reveals What White People Ask Her About Get Out” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE0tMvL-aM
- Story describing how the Hart parents made Devonte and his siblings dance on camera in their underwear to put on social media: http://www.crimeonline.com/2018/03/30/devonte-hart-and-siblings-appeared-in-unusual-youtube-videos-before-fatal-suv-plunge-that-may-have-killed-the-entire-family/
- Stories that updated the Devonte Hart abuse history that came out after we recorded this episode: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/devonte_hart_family_crash_dece.html; https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/devonte_harts_biological_mom_t.html; http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/04/other_new_developments_in_the.html
- 3 disturbing tweets by Tariq Nasheed about Devonte Hart https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/979542114974425088; https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/979564656367779840; https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/979566402729209856
- Open Secret Documentary, available free online: https://vimeo.com/142444429
- Jerry Sandusky’s Black victims: http://blackyouthproject.com/jerry-sandusky-penn-state-black-victims/
- Ohio teacher molested her black foster son and had his baby — as crimes went on for years despite red flags” [took two years to be charged]https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/ohio-teacher-molested-foster-son-baby-crimes-went-years-despite-red-flags/
  https://newsone.com/3786811/lauren-lynn-cross-white-teacher-akron-black-teeanger/
- “Neely Fuller – We Are Throwaway People” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRp6DWPm8w

Teaser for CS 082: Stephon Clark, Gary Owen, Interracial Confusion Pt. 1 (04/08/2018)

April 23, 2018Episodeschampagnesharks

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Introduction Song:

Fxdslxsh – Oceans

Discussed in the episode:

Death Of Stephon Clark:

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article208051604.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/us/stephon-clark-independent-autopsy.html

Stephon Clark’s Tweets anti black women:

https://twitter.com/JReid2014/status/979757725029752833

Twitter reactions:

https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/982306740568932352
https://twitter.com/pit_sen/status/980055392624562176
https://twitter.com/rhea_ban/status/979769635842256898
https://twitter.com/_sageariel/status/979732983686029312
https://twitter.com/ProBlkThought/status/980088972117409792

The nurse who got fired for racist Stephon Clark Facebook posts:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/31/nurse-sacked-for-saying-stephon-clark-deserved-to-be-killed-by-cops/

Fargo – A Rich Man Who Gave Everything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9TOWIc_KLU

Scandal – The Virus of White Supremacy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASvOZXyE6k

CS 081: Black Men and Weath Study Pt. 2 feat. Tommy Curry (@DrTJC) (04/01/2018)

April 16, 2018EpisodesBlack Feminism, Black Homophobia, Black Men, Black Patriarchy, Tommy Currychampagnesharks

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Dr. Tommy Curry (http://www.twitter.com/DrTJC) rejoins us for a two-part episode to discuss recent findings about Black men in studies that have made the news from both the Equality of Opportunity Project (covered in the NY Times) and the Brookings Institute. We also offer Dr. Curry the opportunity to respond to criticisms about him and his work that we’ve heard over the past year.

Mentioned in the episode:

- The Brookings Institute’s study “The inheritance of black poverty: It’s all about the men” https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-inheritance-of-black-poverty-its-all-about-the-men/
- My tweet and thread showing the various ways Brookings tweeted the study before settling on the inflammatory clickbait tweet that finally got the attention: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/978638533345849345
- Article by Huffington Post summarizing the Princeton study by David Pedulla, “Unmaking Black Gay Privilege”: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-fitzgerald-gates-phd/unmasking-black-gay-privilege_b_6978224.html. A response to the study, “Black gay privilege is a ridiculous notion” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/black-gay-privilege-is-a-ridiculous-notion. Princeton’s summary of the study: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2014/05/15/negative-stereotypes-can-cancel-each-other-out-resumes; Pedulla’s study in full https://www.princeton.edu/csso/working-papers/WP7-Pedulla.pdf
- The Root discussing Stephon Clark’s anti-Black Woman tweets: https://www.theroot.com/judge-of-characters-the-hatred-of-black-women-1824991606; Essence discussing the same tweets, “It’s Time To Talk About Stephon Clark’s Anti-Black Women Tweets: Do Victims Have To Be Perfect To Garner Our Empathy?” https://www.essence.com/culture/stephon-clark-black-women-tweets
- Neely Fuller – Black Leaders Cannot Protect Black Folks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_igLsyfR98
- The C.O.W.S. with Dr. Frank B. Wilderson Part II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQahPQIr70
- “Blacks Are So Homophobic? Preview” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5-cXZctfB0
- Patrice O’neal High Quailty White Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYKJ2z7mecQ

Teaser for CS 080: Donald Glover, Liberal White Racist Shade, and Tokens Pt. 2 (03/31/2018)

April 7, 2018EpisodesAtlanta, Donald Glover, Jodie Landon, New Yorker, Tad Friendchampagnesharks

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This is part one of two-part episode. We discuss a recent Donald Glover interview, the ways in which “good white people” are adept at throwing racist shade in a very gaslighting, subtle way and how Blavity Blacks love and fetishize the token black person experience.

Mentioned in this episode:

Music is “If This Ain’t Love” by Nicole Willis and the Investigators
Donald Glover New Yorker Article by Tad Friend: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/donald-glover-cant-save-you
My thread on the New Yorker Donald Glover article: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/974739510570504192
The Jodie Landon Daria video in a Buzzfeed tweet: https://twitter.com/AM2DM/status/970368961765302272
“Is Jodie Landon The Most Important TV Character Of The 90s?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJ9XNw07-0
Ishmael Reed’s discussions on The Wire: “Should Harvard Teach A Course On The Wire?” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/01/harvard-wire-course_n_746896.html; “No, it relies on clichés about blacks and drugs” http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/30/no_it_relies_on_clichs_about_blacks_and_drugs/; “Faking the Hood” https://www.counterpunch.org/2008/03/15/faking-the-hood/;
“This Isn’t The First Time Network TV Discovered Black People” by Gene Demby https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/04/01/395777889/this-isnt-the-first-time-network-tv-discovered-black-people
The weird cottage industry of Blavity Buzzfeed style blerds doing thinkpieces about Jodie Landon from Daria over the years: “Jodie Abigail Landon, Queen Of The Negroes.” http://www.postbourgie.com/2010/05/12/jodie-abigail-landon-queen-of-the-negroes/; “On Race, Feminism, and Jodie Landon” http://www.geekquality.com/jodie-landon/; “Jodie Landon” https://lovelymelanin.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/jodie-landon/; “Reclaiming My Blackness: How I Realized I Was More than a Daria Wannabe” http://www.bkmag.com/2015/12/21/reclaiming-my-blackness-how-i-realized-i-was-more-than-a-daria-wannabe/; podcast episode of Carefree Black Nerd “Jodie Landon” https://soundcloud.com/carefreeblacknerd/cbn-season-2-issue-23-jodie-landon

CS 079: Black Men and Weath Study Pt. 1 feat. Tommy Curry (@DrTJC) (04/01/2018)

April 6, 2018EpisodesBlack Men, Black Patriarchy, Brookings, Raj Chetty, Tommy Currychampagnesharks

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Mentioned in the episode:

“Killing Boogeymen: Phallicism and the Misandric Mischaracterizations of Black Males in Theory” by Tommy J. Curry http://lawschoolmoodle.org/racism.org/images/pdf/Killing-Boogeymen.pdf
“Gender and Race Discrimination: The Interactive Nature of Disadvantage” by Jim Sidanius http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.452.6288&rep=rep1&type=pdf
“Racial Politics Complicated: The Work of Gendered Race Cues in American Politics” by Corrine M. McConnaughy and Ismail K. Whit https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6391/925becfa1e1f0a76f331ba0e52d3ab51b0e3.pdf
The NY Times article summarizing the Raj Chetty study: “Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys” by Emily Badger, Claire Cain Miller, Adam Pearce and Kevin Quealy https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html
Chetty study non-technical summary: http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/assets/documents/race_summary.pdf and the full paper: http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/assets/documents/race_paper.pdf
The Brookings Institute’s study “The inheritance of black poverty: It’s all about the men” https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-inheritance-of-black-poverty-its-all-about-the-men/
“Thank a Black Feminist” by Kimberly Foster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdjpY9gm_GA
“Can Black Patriarchy Exist Without Black Power?” by Yvette Carnell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPBqAqQEKg8
“No Black Male is the Head of Anything” by Neely Fuller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Rh9tPO9ek
“We Black Folks Are Still Boys and Girls” by Neely Fuller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0vXnhmJhKI

Teaser for CS 078: Donald Glover, Liberal White Racist Shade, and Tokens Pt. 1 (03/31/2018)

April 5, 2018UncategorizedAtlanta, Blavity, Daria, Donald Glover, Jodie Landonchampagnesharks

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Mentioned in this episode:

Music is “WW III” by Ruff Ryders
The scene from “Don’t Be a Menace” we discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8gP9GX2udI
Donald Glover New Yorker Article by Tad Friend: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/donald-glover-cant-save-you
The Jodie Landon Daria video in a Buzzfeed tweet: https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/968892505080016896
“James Davis – Token Black Friend” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBaGQQKkt7I
“Not Another Teen Movie – Token Black Guy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWhhPWyWCv0
“The Token Black Guy and His White Friend” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esc8gPYYIn8
“Un-Token” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmNfR9B4-FU