This edition of Live From Channel Zero with Ericka Blount Danois featured our discussion with special guest Mums about Kanye West’s recent struggles with the limitations of his celebrity. Where we agreed is that media have largely focused on West’s behavior and not the more important points he raised about race, class and popularity. *There…
Read moreThe Backlash Against Boycotts with The Truth Minista Paul Scott
The Truth Minista Paul Scott joined us to discuss his recent article, “I Saw Black Leaders Kissin’ Santa Claus.” We talked about the little known influence held over civil rights leaders by philanthropists and corporate elites that in one instance discouraged a Black popular boycott of Christmas.
Read moreRussell Simmons Still Ain’t Hip-Hop and He Ain’t No Occupier Either!
The experience of the last five weeks shows that Wall Street “occupiers’ fear of liberal co-optation is fully justified.” Media mogul and debit card finance capitalist Russell Simmons escorted Kanye West and Al Sharpton into the Zuccotti Park occupation mix, in yet another attempt “by the soft liberal Left to co-opt anything that has any…
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