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We discuss Deray McKesson getting chased out of Ferguson at his own book signing event by an actual Ferguson organizer and protester, Michael Hassell, and how it backs up much of what we’ve said about Deray all along.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Darren Seals’s (RIP) original 2016 Twitter thread accusing Deray and Black Lives Matter or being protest crashers and opportunists https://twitter.com/KingDSeals/status/756072813702762496
• Profile of Darren Seals that came out after he died: https://thecorrespondent.com/5349/meet-darren-seals-then-tell-me-black-death-is-not-a-business/1512965275833-fe73c5b1
• Death of Edward Crawford, the figure in the iconic Ferguson protest photo https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ferguson-protester-edward-crawford-subject-iconic-photo-found-dead-n755401
• Michael Hassell’s Facebook Live video documenting his crashing of Deray’s event: https://www.facebook.com/city8670/videos/1749923361771582/?hc_ref=ARSnknTaPOeMK389_XirUhRb9Uglnp8N0D8Qh1m0MdeAsYnfRmHOMMJwUr2D2B4mSa4&__xts__[0]=68.ARCz8gR-s-d2FtZG7N-x6YYyiGBgQA-QbzVb4UB4puvpw_ctb8XVlPtM6FBxllL0K07TL9n1EoHMVNL0B_alAuapwAB5dF6YQWfBvz47iMuZzOKivKrimt-tLyFlRNARjjW6zMtlXQ1bZxlOYKMpBfJZFLrjuYlNAJMHdvmRzsrWRI2afp6SA5M&__tn__=FC-R
• Yonasda Hill’s interview with Michael Hassell after the incident asking him why he did it and his relationship with not just Deray but also with the three founders of Black Lives Matter, https://www.facebook.com/city8670/videos/1749923361771582/?hc_ref=ARSnknTaPOeMK389_XirUhRb9Uglnp8N0D8Qh1m0MdeAsYnfRmHOMMJwUr2D2B4mSa4&__xts__[0]=68.ARCz8gR-s-d2FtZG7N-x6YYyiGBgQA-QbzVb4UB4puvpw_ctb8XVlPtM6FBxllL0K07TL9n1EoHMVNL0B_alAuapwAB5dF6YQWfBvz47iMuZzOKivKrimt-tLyFlRNARjjW6zMtlXQ1bZxlOYKMpBfJZFLrjuYlNAJMHdvmRzsrWRI2afp6SA5M&__tn__=FC-R
• Drew Franklin’s first expose article about Deray, Ferguson, and Teach For America http://www.orchestratedpulse.com/2015/10/the-movement-lives-in-ferguson/
• Drew Franklin’s second, even more in-depth and target expose of Deray, “Why DeRay Mckesson’s Baltimore Campaign Looks Like It Comes Right Out of Teach for America’s Playbook” https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/why-deray-mckessons-plan-baltimores-schools-looks-it-comes-right-out-teach
• Thread by activist Ashley Yates about the shenanigans done by Deray and the Black Lives Matter founders in the past: https://twitter.com/brownblaze/status/1040690422710861824
• Article showing Black Lives Matter press statement where the founders, after getting run out of Ferguson by the original activists, accuse the traumatized community of being “bullies.” http://websterjournal.com/2016/03/03/update-black-lives-matter-event-cancelled-due-to-threats/

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Today Leslie Lee III from the podcast Struggle Session joins me to discuss a recent book excerpt from Deray McKesson’s memoir that appeared in NY Magazine titled “I Was Raised by Storm”.

Struggle Session is a podcast that wades into the reactionary hellhole of modern pop culture in America and talks video games, movies, TV, wrestling, comic books, music, anime, and all of your problematic faves. They can be found and supported over at https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession

Discussed in this episode:

• “I Was Raised by Storm” by Deray McKessons http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/i-was-raised-by-storm.html

The song playing in the intro is “Slippery People by The Staple SIngers. There is now a Champagne Sharks Spotify playlist where you can find all the songs used in our episodes and others we plan to use later
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D. and Mike host an episode without me. It’s pretty good.

Discussed in the episode:

• The Curious Cat question I was asked that gets discussed https://curiouscat.me/ChampagneSharks/post/612723514
• The babysitters who let the kids in their car smoke week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQsM52oec0Y and https://www.kron4.com/news/national/babysitters-force-kids-to-smoke-weed-post-video/1408035844
• Videos on why Saturday morning cartoons died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LO5887HVg and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RryI7JJ2GHQ
• Gizmodo article on Saturday cartoons D. mentions https://gizmodo.com/saturday-morning-cartoons-arent-dead-theyre-everywhere-1642859147

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We welcome Shannon Strucci, an editor who runs the YouTube channel StrucciMovies and is currently working on a video essay series about parasocial relationships called FAKE FRIENDS. The latest installment of Fake Friends can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLA-uFKjQ-g

Mentioned in this episode:

• “Dylan Sprouse And James Gunn Accused Jared Leto Of Creepiness On Twitter” http://dlisted.com/2018/05/17/dylan-sprouse-and-james-gunn-accused-jared-leto-of-creepiness-on-twitter/
• Dave Bautista May Not Do Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Without James Gunn’s Script https://io9.gizmodo.com/dave-bautista-may-not-do-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-1828138248
• Director James Gunn Apologizes for Anti-Gay and Sexist Comments on Blog Post https://www.glaad.org/blog/director-james-gunn-apologizes-anti-gay-and-sexist-comments-blog-post
• ArenaNet throw two Guild Wars 2 writers to the wolves https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/07/06/arenanet-throw-two-guild-wars-2-writers-to-the-wolves/
• Guild Wars 2 writers fired following heated Twitter exchange with streamer https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/guild-wars-2-writers-fired-following-heated-twitter-exchange-with-streamer/?__twitter_impression=true
• James Gunn’s firing shows we’re still living in the Gamergate era https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/culture/2018/7/24/17599132/james-gunn-fired-gamergate-guardians-of-the-galaxy
• On James Gunn, Fake Outrage and Letting The Bad Guys Win https://moviebobcentral.com/2018/07/23/on-james-gunn/
• The Maniac Who Conquered Marvel https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy?utm_term=.sl7QVRM56E#.pikgYro8Z5
• The “controversy” over journalist Sarah Jeong joining the New York Times, explained https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/17644704/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-tweets-backlash-racism

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• “Gunman in death of father not charged based on Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law” https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/gunman-in-death-of-father-not-charged-based-on-florida-s-stand-your-ground-law-1283708995875

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• “She was in reality TV’s ‘Bad Girls Club.’ Now she’s charged with stealing a dead man’s identity.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/12/she-was-a-reality-tv-bad-girl-now-shes-charged-with-stealing-a-dead-mans-identity/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d6b8a7130b20
• The C.O.W.S. podcast discussing Black Mirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtzwwNLM4bk
• “James Gunn Slammed After His Horrific Tweets Joking About Pedophilia Surface” https://hollywoodlife.com/2018/07/20/james-gunn-old-tweets-pedophilia-rape-offensive-jokes-deleted-apology/

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This episode we talk about several things, particularly my “Straight, Single and Smashing” theory of Black (and other nonwhite) male characters in action and drama movies and shows. Then we segue into the new wave of articles involving coining catchy dating trends.

Mentioned in this episode:

• “Mosting’: When People Come On Strong, Then Ghost” https://melmagazine.com/mosting-when-people-come-on-strong-then-ghost-cafec9b78254
• “8 2017 Dating Trends Defined, From Ghosting To Zombieing To Benching” https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/dating-trends-defined-from-ghosting-to-zombieing/2045686
• “From ghosting to breadcrumbing, the new glossary of love” https://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/from-ghosting-to-breadcrumbing-the-new-glossary-of-love/story-u90mzJPhZcfoU1gQqP02OM.html

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Today we discuss a theme that has obsessively been plaguing the Champagne Sharks Curious Cat (the site people go to to ask questions that we answer on the show), my supposed views on interracial dating and the fact my wife is of Indian descent. You can find the Champagne Sharks Curious Cat here: https://curiouscat.me/champagnesharks.

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A few minutes into the episode my mic switches from the usual standalone mic to the built-in laptop, so the sound quality drops suddenly on my audio. Sorry. We just shoot the shit for an hour, mostly about Nas and fried chicken.

Discussed in this episode:

• Nas-Backed Sweet Chick Opening Another Spot in Prospect Heights https://ny.eater.com/2017/7/19/15998200/sweet-chick-prospect-heights
• Sweet Chick is coming to Queens, co-owner Nas’ childhood home https://www.amny.com/eat-and-drink/nas-sweet-chick-queens-1.14989225
• Nas Partners With Sweet Chick Restaurants In NYChttps://www.vibe.com/2015/06/nas-sweet-chick/
• A profile of the Sweet Chick founder: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/realestate/williamsburg-loft-of-john-seymour-restaurateur.html
• Video of Nas giving Gwyneth Paltrow a pass for saying “nigga” and saying she’s a “real nigga”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkI4Y75-WqI

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This is an episode where we dropped so much game we decided to make it double length. We considered breaking it up into two parts but decided to keep it as it was. We discuss Bree Newsome, the woman who made a name for herself taking down the Confederate flag in South Carolina following Dylann Roof’s shooting, and how in a recent series of tweets she has changed her focus to Black male patriarchy now that she has a platform.

Discussed in this episode:

• The Slumflower clip where she went to the BBC to tell them how awful Black men are to Black women: https://twitter.com/BBCWomansHour/status/1004232866677579776
• The two Bree Newsome threads that we discuss: https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1004800085086097408; https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1005201819545595904
• My thread about Bree Newsome’s anti-Black male tweets: https://twitter.com/ChampagneSharks/status/1005188224497668097
• The statement article from Bree Newsome on why she and a White man were chosen to remove the flag: http://archives.bluenationreview.com/exclusive-bree-newsome-speaks-for-the-first-time-after-courageous-act-of-civil-disobedience/
• Examples of White people interjecting into Black arguments to trash Black men using Black feminist talking points https://twitter.com/TaraJeanne/status/1005127987430350848; https://twitter.com/abfabsabs/status/1005143552735698945;https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1005096544335482880
• The tweet where someone claims Black slave women created feminism: https://twitter.com/SydneyA/status/1005549283414814720
• The funny tweet we describe making fun of how some White men only care about Black women’s problems when the problem is Black men: https://twitter.com/Bibliobabble/status/980548182248652801
• List of supposed Black male privileges: https://twitter.com/Commandr_nchief/status/911222589598683137
• A paper by Valethia Watkins describing how modern intersectional feminists try to retroactively turn all Black women of historical note into intersectional feminists, “Contested Memories: A Critical Analysis of the Black Feminist Revisionist History Project” http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol9no4/JuneJuly-17-Watkins.pdf