Brian Becker and Loud and Clear: “For generations, African-Americans have been told they have what is now said to be more than one trillion dollars of “buying power.” But a new book argues that commentators have misused this claim largely to blame Black communities for their own poverty based on squandered economic opportunity. “The Myth…
Read moreThe Origins of The Vernon Philosophy of Black Media Avoidance
It was a pleasure to join Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon once again for this live edition of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik. We talked more about Donald Glover, resistance symbolism and the politics of celebrity all in the context of The Vernon Philosophy of Black Media Avoidance.
Read more2017: A Pop Cultural Year In Review
Had the pleasure of being back on Sputnik Radio‘s By Any Means Necessary where as they summarize: In the final segments Dr. Jared Ball, father, husband, professor at Morgan State University, and curator of imixwhatilike.org, joins Sean Blackmon and Eugene Puryear to talk about Dr. Umar Johnson, the ongoing spat between Dr. Cornell West and Ta Nehisi Coates, the state…
Read moreRace, Sports and Popular Culture: Richard Spencer, Eminem and Colin Kaepernick
It was a pleasure joining Eugene Puryear once again on his show By Any Means Necessary: “In the second segment of the show Dr. Jared Ball, father and husband, professor at Morgan State University, and curator of imixwhatilike.org joins the show to talk about Richard Spencer‘s speech at the University of Florida that focused on…
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