Jared Ball hosts legendary emcee and producer Shaheen Ariedien and Dr. Rico Chapman to discuss the histories, similarities and mutual impact of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa and the Black Power Movement here in the United States. HERE for Part ONE! HERE for Part THREE!
Read moreAn Interview with Amanda Seales
This was the first of what would only be 4 episodes of Inside the SGJC Studio. Amanda Seales was our first guest* and was initially invited to share with our students about her career and in particular her great web series Things I Learned This Week. *Taped February 18, 2014
Read moreOperation Ghetto Storm Author Arlene Eisen
Arlene Eisen, the researcher and author behind the Operation Ghetto Storm: 2012 Annual Report on the Extrajudicial Killing of Black People, joined us clarify some of the late, loud and wrong media coverage/critique of her work. We spoke with her about press coverage and some of the more popular criticism of the report which…
Read moreFrom South Africa to the United States: The Continuity of Black Consciousness Movements
Jared Ball hosts legendary emcee and producer Shaheen Ariedien and Dr. Rico Chapman to discuss the histories, similarities and mutual impact of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa and the Black Power Movement here in the United States. HERE for Part TWO! HERE for Part THREE!
Read moreMicroaggressions with Dr. Chester Pierce
We spent most of this hour talking with about Dr. Chester Pierce.* Pierce is a legendary psychiatrist who pioneered the concept of “microaggressions” with a particular focus on the experience of being Black in America or the impact of an entirely hostile environment human beings. We also spoke briefly with Reverend Edward Pinkney about…
Read moreAnticolonialism and Police Violence: From Diop to Fanon to NYC
The full iMiXWHATiLiKE Killer Bs Squad was on hand to pay tribute to Cheikh Anta Diop, Frantz Fanon and all those in struggle against police violence and imposed inequalities. We did this in the context of a tribute to the 1974 UNESCO Conference on Ancient Egypt at which Cheikh Anta Diop and Theophile Obenga successfully…
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