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CS 089: Therapy in Black and White (05/21/2018)

May 22, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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This episode Mike and I talk about therapy, both my personal experiences with it and the general racial experiences with it in society.

Teaser for CS 088: Plan A and Issa Rae feat. Teen Sheng (@Mont_Jiang) and Oxford Kondo (@oxford_kondo) (05/18/2018)

May 21, 2018Episodes, Full Show NotesAsian Men, Issa Raechampagnesharks

We have two writers for the online Asian-American magazine Plan A to discuss the recent controversy about Issa Rae and Asian men. Teen Sheng is a founder of Plan A Magazine, and contributes under the name Five Alive. He lives in Brooklyn and you can find him on Twitter at @Mont_Jiang. Oxford Kondō is a writer for Plan A Magazine and podcaster for Escape From Plan A. He, along with several others, founded the publication out of a desire to shake up the mainstream Asian American dialogue. He lives/works in NYC and you can find him on Twitter at @oxford_kondo.

Mentioned in this episode:

A thread I did describing the controversy: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/990740613531340800.html
Ratchetpiece theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJOaBer5kk
We Have An Asian President In Obama: https://planamag.com/we-had-an-asian-president-in-barack-obama-7db41b750d49
Does Issa Rae Believe Black Women and Asian Men Can Save Each Other?: https://planamag.com/does-issa-rae-believe-black-women-and-asian-men-can-save-each-other-f4c9f054c45c
A video where Issa Rae doubled down on it, for those who say she was doing satire: https://twitter.com/oluwablk/status/990840994475241472
Issa Rae background:https://chicagodefender.com/2016/10/12/issa-rae-hbos-new-kid-on-the-block
Cosmo article by Issa Rae, “Can We Not Talk About My Race for a Minute?” https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a35024/can-we-not-talk-about-my-race-for-a-minute/ contrast with Donald Glover talking about race: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/donald-glover-cant-save-you
Opening paragraph: “This is an Obama show” also I do not understand the headline: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/05/issa-rae-media-presents-blackness-fierce-flawless-insecure
Interesting Issa bio https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/insecure-issa-rae-on-hbo-show-not-made-for-dudes-w500665
Tupac anecdote is very telling along with other stuff https://www.npr.org/2017/07/21/538328486/awkward-and-insecure-get-to-the-root-of-writer-issa-raes-humor
The validity of Rae’s respectability and escapism politics http://toofab.com/2018/02/12/issa-rae-insecure-season-3-no-trump-policy-metoo-times-up/

CS 087: The Throwaway People Pt. 3 (04/03/2018)

May 8, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Mentioned in the episode:

The movie “Goodbye, Uncle Tom” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVFik44ay0I
The movie “Black Like Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww0q4XhxPAA&t=4759s
Relevant articles on all the Jeffrey Dahmer information discussed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Anderson#Killing_of_his_wife; https://nypost.com/2015/05/04/why-dahmers-killer-murdered-second-racist-inmate/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balcerzak; https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-boy-police-gave-back-to-jeffrey-dahmer/amandatullos; https://blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/the-jeffrey-dahmer-victim-who-did-not-have-to-die/

Teaser for CS 086: White People Are Beautiful, Black People Are Sensual (5/10/2018)

May 6, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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Discussed in this episode:

Clip from Mandingo where the slaveowner finds out his wife has a sensual past and sensual desires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WC0F0_57LQ
Clip from Mandingo where the slaveowner starts falling for his black bed wench: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRq_ue2I7u0
This thread describes how the Nazis used this idea of intellectual refined visuals as a celebration of whiteness and white beauty to advance white supremacist ideals: https://twitter.com/NowIsNotGood/status/899339804441272323
Tyler the Creator’s interview with Larry King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3y_9PNaoM
‘No Rice, No Curry And No Blacks’ – The sexual racism running rampant within the LGBT community https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2016/08/25/no-rice-no-curry-and-no-blacks-sexual-racism-running-rampant-within-lgbt
Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong https://amzn.to/2KTOraa
Voodoo Doughnuts coverage: “Voodoo Doughnuts Have People Under A Sweet Spell” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob1yxoGK_cQ
Swedish racist cake controversy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9210826/Swedish-bomb-threat-after-racist-cake-controversy.html
The battle over the traditional Swedish pastry “Negro Balls”. Removed from the Swedish dictionary: https://www.thelocal.se/20150323/swedish-dictionary-to-advise-against-racist-words; The Battle of the Swedish Chocolate Ball https://watchingtheswedes.com/2014/05/12/the-battle-of-the-swedish-chocolate-ball/

CS 085: The Throwaway People Pt. 2 (04/03/2018)

May 4, 2018Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Mentioned in the episode:

- “Employees Claim Upscale NYC Bistro Used Racist Code, Seated Black Patrons at Back of Restaurant” http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/01/03/employees-claim-upscale-nyc-bistro-used-racist-code-seated-black-patrons-at-back-of-restaurant/
- “United Nations Troops (Literally) Rape Black Men, Women, and Children with Impunity. And Its Time We Exposed It.“ https://medium.com/@PanAfricanUnity/united-nations-troops-literally-rape-black-men-women-and-children-with-impunity-c83e68e5dc5c
- “Can Oxfam recover from scandal?” http://www.thewhig.com/2018/03/08/can-oxfam-recover-from-scandal
- “Sex abuse underreported in NGOs” http://www.thewhig.com/2018/03/16/sex-abuse-underreported-in-ngos
- “UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/29/un-aid-worker-suspended-leaking-report-child-abuse-french-troops-car; Anders Kompass’s Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Kompass
- “Sex abuse plagues United Nations” http://www.thewhig.com/2018/03/22/sex-abuse-plagues-united-nations
- “The Theft of Innocence: Voluntourism and Child Sexual Abuse”https://mediadiversified.org/2016/03/10/the-theft-of-innocence-voluntourism-and-child-sex-abuse/
- Matthew Durham, 21 year old white missionary in course of 33 days in Kenya raped three underage girls eight times and molested one boy twice: https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/us/missionary-sexual-assault-kenya-children/index.html
- James Arbaugh, a missionary who “groomed Haitian boys for sex” https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2017/12/07/feds-stuarts-draft-man-molested-haitian-boys/929955001/
- Roman Catholic priest who used a Honduran orphanage to do sex tourism: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/724543/suspended-us-priest-convicted-of-charges-in-sex-tourism-case
  Daniel Pye, married white man who ran an orphanage in Haiti that he used to molest underage girls:
  http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article194261654.html
- Matthew Durham, 21 year old white missionary in course of 33 days in Kenya raped three underage girls eight times and molested one boy twice: https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/us/missionary-sexual-assault-kenya-children/index.html
- A white orphanage operator Michael Geilenfeld who was accused of molesting orphan boys:http://washingtoninformer.com/former-street-kid-says-haiti-orphanage-founder-molested-him/
- UN Peacekeeper Caught On Tape Raping a Haitian Man:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=49&v=zj3TLHQecTA

Teaser for CS 084: Stephon Clark, Gary Owen, Interracial Confusion Pt. 2 (04/08/2018)

May 4, 2018Uncategorizedchampagnesharks

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Introduction Song:

“When I’m Gone” by The Jones Girls

Discussed in the episode:

Gary Owen Wife Kenya Duke Calls Michael Blackson The N Word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MULaK62MNTU
Chyna Fox commentary on Black men and Stephon Clark aka; the bedwench perspective…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LByEY4RpPY0
MTO exposes Chyna as a bedwench https://mtonews.com/stephon-clarkebed-wench-caught

CS 083: The Throwaway People Pt. 1 (04/03/2018)

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, 2018Episodes, Full Show Noteschampagnesharks

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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, 2018Episodes, Full Show NotesBlack 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, 2018Episodes, Full Show NotesAtlanta, 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