Chris Simpson, professor of media/communication studies and former advisee of the late Edward S. Herman joined us to discuss the importance and Herman’s work to…
The iMWiL! Introductory Critical Media Literacy (Video) Mixtape features interviews with Janine Jackson, Kali Akuno, Joy James, Claude Marks, Safiya Umoja Noble, Morgan Maxwell, music from…
Joining us in this edition of iMiXWHATiLiKE! for a discussion of myths and political pitfalls associated with concepts of “buying power,” banking, capitalism and more…
Listen in to this engaging and illuminating conversation on Black banks and the nature of wealth and political power, inspired by a year-long seminar on American…
Perfect for Labor Day is this amazing conversation from last week between NPR’s Josh Johnson and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer where the latter artfully defended his arguments for…
#BlackLivesMatter-Chicago hosted this presentation which summarizes the larger body of work compiled HERE. [easy-tweet tweet=”Colonialism, Propaganda and The Myth of Black Buying Power!” user=”imixwhatilike” hashtags=”Colonialism,Propaganda,BuyingPower”]
In this edition of imixwhatilike! we spend a day in the life of explaining, discussing and debating what i call The Myth of Black Buying Power. The myth claims Black America has more than $1 trillion in annual spending power which confuses many about the nature of capitalism, economic inequality or the meaning of “power” itself.
Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble joined us again to discuss how her work on the political economy of the internet is playing out in current media coverage of the deaths of Black people. Money and audience are generated for a variety of media and their political and commercial sponsors but little is said of the trauma and political stagnation imposed upon affected Black communities, audiences and activists.
APPEAL Inc., hosted this conversation which was intended to assess/critique the relationship between the independence of the United States and that of African-descendants here and…
