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CS 022: Charlottesville (08/12/2017)

August 16, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesCharlottesville, 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, 2017Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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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, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesIntersectional, 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

Preview of CS 019: Intellectual Ratchetry feat. @OckyJ83 (07/30/2017)

July 31, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesDiversity, Dope, Insecure, Issa Rae, Moonlightchampagnesharks

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Doc Ock (@OckyJ83 on Twitter) joins me today and we talk about the group of people in media and online who we refer to as Representation Matters Twitter and some of their favorite shows and movies, like Dope, Moonlight, and Insecure.

Article and Video Mentioned:

I’ve Been Insecure About Not Loving ‘Insecure’, But I Realize It’s So Much More Than That by Ezinne Ukoha https://medium.com/@nilegirl/ive-been-insecure-about-not-loving-insecure-but-i-realize-it-s-so-much-more-than-that-a2acb15c59a8

Yvette Carnell on Issa Rae: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N7nmXrg0xY

CS 018: Listener Questions – The Black Non-Savior Trope (07/26/2017)

July 27, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesListener Questions, Louis Farrakhan, Malcolm X, Moonlight, OscarsSoWhite, Tyler Perrychampagnesharks

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Book mentioned this episode:

The Victims of Democracy: Malcolm X and the Black Revolution by Eugene Victor Wolfenstein http://amzn.to/2w1A3Ev

Preview of CS 017: It’s All Rape (07/26/2017)

July 26, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesBlack Men, Nikki Yovino, Race, Rape, White Womenchampagnesharks

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This week I discuss the psychodynamics of a recent false rape accusation by a white college student against two black athletes, and how it ties into the history of America and the fears of white supremacist men.

Articles mentioned:

Police Say Woman Lied About Rape By College Football Player And Other Man by Ron Dicker http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/woman-allegedly-lied-about-rape-by-football-player-and-another-man-for-sympathy_us_58af174de4b060480e05b177
Teen Charged With Lying About Being Raped by College Football Players by Joshua Rhett Miller http://nypost.com/2017/02/22/teen-charged-with-lying-about-being-raped-by-college-football-players/

Book mentioned:

White Women, Black Men by Martha Hodes http://amzn.to/2eNhTmK

CS 016: Chasing White Mirages (07/23/2017)

July 24, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesCoding, Race, Racism, STEMchampagnesharks

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Chopping it up with D. Mills (https://twitter.com/mdmills79) and Mike (https://twitter.com/blackexception1) about Black people chasing White definitions of success.

Articles, Books and Movies Mentioned:

The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard by Daniel Golden (https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard)
The Farce of Meritocracy: Why Legacy Admissions Might Actually Be A Good Thing by Josh Freedman (https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshfreedman/2013/11/14/the-farce-of-meritocracy-in-elite-higher-education-why-legacy-admissions-might-be-a-good-thing/#46ea20330125)
Black Longshoremen and the Fight for Equality in an ‘Anti-racist’ Union by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson (http://www.thecyberhood.net/documents/papers/long.pdf)
Spook Who Sat by the Door (The Book) by Sam Greenlee (http://amzn.to/2gYG1mW)
Spook Who Sat by the Door (The Movie) (http://amzn.to/2vDw9CA)

Preview of CS 015: Racial Tourette’s or Walmart’s Nigger-Brown Snafu (07/18/2017)

July 18, 2017Episodes, Full Show NotesAlt-Right, Nigger, Podcast, Race, Racismchampagnesharks

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Recently Wal-Mart got in trouble for describing the color of a product on their website as “Nigger-Brown.” In this episode I wanted to go into why exactly so many people are doing so much racist spontaneous acting out and how it relates to the alt-right’s obsession with “free speech.”

Discussed in this episode:

The movie clip that starts off the episode is from the 1974 movie Trick Baby, based on Iceberg Slim’s book of the same name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pQ-YPjasGc

Breakdown of Wal-Mart’s Nigger-Brown Snafu: https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/walmart-n-brown-wig-cap/

Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy

The book: http://amzn.to/2uAhF8l

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFm93vMPUZw

That video link is especially a good video for elaborating on my points from this episode about how and why it’s psychically necessary for white sanity that black people remain some level of subhuman status in a system of white supremacy. I highly recommend watching the linked video or reading the linked book to get the most of this episode.

CS 014: Shame, Guilt, Nigger, Race Science

July 16, 2017UncategorizedEugenics, Genetics, Nigger, Race, Racism, Sciencechampagnesharks

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Books challenging genetic determinism mentioned in this episode:

The Dependent Gene by David S. Moore
The Trouble with Twin Studies: A Reassessment of Twin Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences by Jay Joseph
The Gene Illusion – Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope by Jay Joseph
The Missing Gene: Psychiatry, Heredity, And the Fruitless Search for Genes by Jay Joseph
Monkeyluv by Robert Sapolsky

Preview Clip of Bonus Episode CS 013: Why The Word Nigger Is So Powerful (07/12/2017)

July 16, 2017Episodeschampagnesharks

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Expanding on an insight from Neely Fuller, Jr. regarding why the word “Nigger” has the power it does.

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