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The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: The System is Broken (w/ Dr. Yannick Marshall)
In this episode, we cover the fallacies of the popular phrase "The System is Broken" by discussing an article written by Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Knox College, Dr. Yannick Marshall, entitled "A Short Dictionary of Liberal Language on Policing." We discuss the following terms: Broke...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Violence is Never the Answer PT. 2 (w/ Naeem Trotter & Shaka Shakur)
For part two, we continue our interview with the political prisoner, John Naeem Trotter. He gives further insight into the Indiana prisoners' rebellion of '85 and the counterinsurgency plans by the Indiana Department of Corrections to stop the prisoners' movement following the rebellion. We also spe...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Violence is Never the Answer
In this episode, we discuss how telling oppressed people to never resort to violence is BS. We use a case study of a little-known prison rebellion at the Indiana Reformatory (Pendleton Corrections) in 1985 that required violence for survival. We speak with the co-leaders of the ‘85 rebellion who a...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Ancestry DNA Test Determines Race Pt. 2 w/ Dr. Shay-Akil McLean
In this episode, we dive deeper into the fallacies of ancestry DNA tests with evolutionary biologist Dr. Shay-Akil McLean. Dr. McLean helps us explore how our understandings of biology, DNA, and genes are deeply intertwined with the history of slavery and colonialism. Also, he helps us see how scien...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Ancestry DNA Test Determines Race (Fixed)
In this episode, we discuss the fallacies of ancestry DNA tests. We explore the history of racialization, how science has aided in upholding racism, and the questionable science behind ancestry tests. We also challenge the view of what it means to "return to our roots." Support our patreon Fatal Inv...
The Black Myths Podcast : Did Omicron Originate in Africa? Pt. 2
In part 2, we continue our discussion with Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu on the myth of the Omicron variant originating in Africa. We expand our conversation to examine vaccine science, the World Economic Forum's Great Reset plan, and how to help global south countries (particularly African) fight Covid....
The Black Myths Podcast : Did Omicron Originate in Africa? w/ Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu
In this episode, we discuss if the Omicron variant originated in Africa with Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu. He is a 4th year Ph.D. candidate of Biomedical Sciences at UC Riverside and a member of the AAPRP All African People's Revolutionary Party. We draw on his scientific expertise to explore how varian...
The Black Myths Podcast : Black Myths in Review Pt. 2
In part 2, we continue our review of myths we covered throughout the last year focusing on the myths: Algorithms are Colorblind, and Angela Davis was a Black Panther. Support our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths
The Black Myths Podcast : Black Myths in Review
In this episode, we review the myths we covered throughout the last year. Each co-host picks one myth to review as a team. We will be reviewing The Myth of Trickle Down Blackness, Black Wall Street was Self Sustaining, Algorihtims are Colorblind, and Angela Davis was a Black Panther. Patreon https:/...
The Black Myths Podcast : (Racial) Violence = Hate Pt. 2
In part 2, we further expand our conversation on racial violence to what our guest, Rasul Mowatt, calls the Racial Violence Continuum from his book, "Geographies of Threat, the Production of Violence: The State and the City Between Us." We explore 11 forms of racial violence from the least alarming....
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: (Racial) Violence = Hate
In this episode, We discuss why the origins of racial violence cannot be explained by white hatred. We explore the violent nature of the state, lynchings as a form of social control, and the purpose that violence serves to maintain capitalist order. We re-invite Rasul Mowatt to offer the necessary p...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Redlining Originated in the U.S. Pt. 2 (W/ Rasul Mowatt)
In part two, we continue our discussion with Dr. Rasul Mowatt on how map-making shaped what we come to know is redlining. We also discuss city Planning, gentrification, and the limits of "building Black wealth" under the auspices of capitalism. Rasul A. Mowatt, Ph.D., is just a son of Chicago and ...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Redlining Originated in the U.S. (w/ Rasul Mowatt)
In this episode, we discuss the origins of redlining with Rasul Mowatt, Ph.D. Rasul recently released a book entitled "Geographies of Threat: The State and the City Between Us" that uncovers colonial-era maps prior to the history of redlining in the United States that demonstrate similar practices.....
The Black Myths Podcast : Black Myths: Clarifying Our Method (w/ Taharka Anderson)
In this episode, we discuss the philosophy and methodology we use to define Black Myths. Our goal is to give the audience a framework of how we evaluate myths, define a myth, and make it worthy of discussion. We also discuss the psychology behind why some of us as Black people cling to myths despite...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth Revisited: Dem. Party Politics is Black Politics w/ Glen Ford
Glen Ford, the executive editor and co-founder of Black Agenda Report, recently passed on July 28th. His funeral was just held this past Saturday on September 18th. In this episode, we offer a special dedication and we replay our original interview with him concerning the myth: Democratic Party poli...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Angela Davis was a Black Panther
In part 2 and in continuation of Black August, we speak with renowned scholar Dr. Joy James. Building on our foundational timeline from part one, Dr. James provides an expansive outlook on the events that shaped Angela Davis's image. We discuss the commodification of Black radicalism, the influence....
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Angela Davis was a Black Panther
In correspondence with Black August, we track the path of Dr. Angela Davis from childhood through or infamous trial against the US state. We discuss the extent of her involvement with the Black Panther Party, the origins of the Black Panther Party, and the events that led up to her trial involving G...
The Black Myths Podcast : Did Racism in Cuba Ignite the Jul. 11th Protests?
Guest - Journalist Liz Olivia Fernandez of Belly of the Beast In this episode, we present our myth as a question regarding the recent protests in Cuba and the subsequent newfound interest in Afro-Cubans: Did racism in Cuba ignite the July 11th protests? We say ignite as in not just what started the....
The Black Myths Podcast : Debate: Community Control of the Police is Inconsistent with Police Abolition - Consider the Following
This month we are introducing a new series -- Consider the Following. A debate series administered to engage principled disagreements throughout the Black left and the sociopolitical Black world. Typically, our pod is predicated upon debunking quantifiable myths (propaganda) said about Black people....
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Algorithms are Colorblind Pt. 2 (W/ Michael Kwet & Tshi Malatji)
In part 2, expanding upon the impact of algorithms designed as racism --- we discuss the implications of Big Tech and Big Data on the global south with a focus on South Africa. We examine the notion of digital colonialism, how controlled opposition to it mutes our understanding of western tech hegem...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Algorithms are Colorblind
In this episode, we demystify the concept of algorithms and how they are technological representations of oppressive systems at large via Big Data/Big Tech. We explore the recently published Data 4 Black lives report, "Data Capitalism," to demonstrate how the process of data mining and producing alg...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Black Wall Street Was Self-Sustaining (W/ Dr. Jared Ball)
In episode 2, we invite Dr. Jared Ball back to the show food to discuss the continuing myths of Black Wall Street in the modern-day. We "investigate" the Greenwood banking app, the myth Of Black dollar circulation, how public policy destroyed Black Wall Street a second time, and the pros and cons of...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: Black Wall Street Was Self-Sustaining - The Black Myths Podcast
We're honoring the 100th-anniversary commemoration of the Tulsa Massacre sometimes poorly referred to as the Tulsa riot. We discuss how the pre-massacre Black Wall Street, a prominent Black business district located in the segregated Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was not the self-sustai...
The Black Myths Podcast : Bonus episode - Myth: Flint is an Anomaly
In this bonus episode, we cover the Myth: Flint is an Anomaly by focusing on the city of Tallevast, Florida. In a Boston Review article "Poisoning Tallevast" Dr. James Manigualt-Bryant, Ruby Babywn, and JOSÉ Constantine cover the process of poisoning the water in the majority Black city. As the int...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: China is Colonizing Africa PT. 2 (w/Mikaela Nhondo Erskog)
In part 2, we explore some of the criticisms of China in Africa that go beyond the mythical claims of colonization. We look at what this means in the context of the impending cold war between China and America. We also examine ways in which Africans on the continent can navigate these challenges as....
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: China is Colonizing Africa (w/Mikaela Nhondo Erskog)
For part 1, we sit down with Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, a researcher for the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, to discuss the prevalent myth of China colonizing Africa. We discuss neocolonialism, the accusations of colonialism against China, what's actually happening on the ground between Ch...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: "What's Africa Got to do with Me?"
In part 2, we interview the founding editors of (a collective of African revolutionary nationalists using journalism to advance the fight for African Liberation) about how capitalist propaganda distorts our connections to the African diaspora, Practical ways to make those connections, and the signif...
The Black Myths Podcast : Myth: "What's Africa Got to do with Me?"
Regardless of how one identifies, the facts are clear that the state of Africa has a tremendous impact on our daily lives. The resources stolen from Africa are sold as products in America, the exploitation of Africa funds the system that oppresses us in America, both of the American ghetto and Afric...
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