Black Talk Sacramento #020 – [FULL] Black Books Over a Bar B Que Fire

Program Notes Current Show Date: May 10, 2016 / 5pm-7pm We would like to welcome you to the monthly podcast of Black Talk Sacramento, We record every second Tuesday at Underground Books, 2814 35th Street, Sacramento, CA, (916) 737-3333. http://www.underground-books.com/ Hosted by: Marichal J Brown, Gerry Gos Simpson, NSAA, Tony Harvey Segment 1: Guest: Faye Kennedy Segment 1: Guest: Timmel Pittman Observer News: Tony Harvey http://sacobserver.com/ Other News Haiti to Join African Union http://www.bet.com/news/global/2012/02/07/haiti-to-join-african-union.html Already holding the distinction of being the world’s first free Black republic, Haiti has made another first as it prepares to become the African Union's first member state that is not actually on the physical continent of Africa. Ghanaian crowned first 'Miss Africa Continent' https://www.yahoo.com/news/ghanaian-crowned-first-miss-africa-continent-115137501.html Miss Ghana, Rebecca Asamoah, is crowned the first ever Miss Africa Continent in Johannesburg, South Africa How Black Independent Store Owners In The 1920s Created A Movement To Stay Competitive http://blackthen.com/how-black-independent-store-owners-in-the-1920s-created-a-movement-to-stay-competitive-in-the-marketplace/ The grocers were joining a new cooperative business group called the Colored Merchants Association (CMA), which had begun in Alabama. On April 17 they announced in a local newspaper an ambitious plan to create “a movement looking towards the salvation of the Negro independent grocery stores, through cooperative buying and teaching the lesson and value of advertising.” National Negro Business League leaders promoted the grocers’ efforts as a national model for African American businessmen working in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Secret Cold War tests in St. Louis raise concerns https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-cold-war-tests-st-louis-raise-concerns-214608828.html?ref=gs In the mid-1950s, and again a decade later, the Army used motorized blowers atop a low-income housing high-rise, at schools and from the backs of station wagons to send a potentially dangerous compound into the already-hazy air in predominantly black areas of St. Louis. Tech News: Autonomous Robot Performs Successful Surgery On Living Pig http://www.popsci.com/new-robotic-surgery-tool-outperformed-human-surgeons?src=SOC&dom=fb 60 percent of the surgeries were performed completely autonomously, meaning the physicians provided no help during the procedure. Robots Could Replace 5 Million Workers by 2021 http://time.com/money/4212690/robots-replacing-millions-jobs/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook And that’s not even the worst part. The most worrisome part of WEF’s report is that it challenges the common wisdom that while change brings creative destruction to many “old” jobs, even more “new” jobs are created. WEF begs to differ.