Blackface is COMMON; DC's 5G; Popeye's Madness; Hunters & More-MWIR 7pm ET

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Straight topics, Straight fire and Straight to the point! Listen to a new installment of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (MWIR) airing every Wednesday at 7pm sharp. Your favorite AFROnerdists will be discussing the following phenomena: a California teacher dons blackface (and rapped...yuck) in a failed attempt at imitating the hip hop artist/actor, Common; is DC channeling Marvel 2.0 with their upcoming 5G project?; even more minstrel stories are coming in concerning Popeye's popular chicken sandwhich. Really?; Jordan Peele like Sean Puffy Combs won't stop...can't stop with yet another exciting series (a la Amazon) entitled Hunters, starring Al Pacino and cadre of POC nazi hunters; more support and more vitriol appears to be the case for Kasi Lemmons and Cynthia Erivo's Harriet film; thoughts about HBO's Dark Materials; Vh1 stays classy with Cartel Crew reality show entering its 2nd season featuring Emma Coronel Aispuro; And lastly, if time permits, more Scorcese/Marvel & Batman news. Call LIVE at 646-915-9620.

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