EPISODE · Aug 17, 2016 · 2H 4M
Gabby Douglas vs Everybody; Spelman TRANscends & Milwaukee Burns, MWIR@7:30pm
from Afronerd Radio · host Afronerd Radio
Afropunk is coming, folks! More specifcally, next week. In the interim, why not check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week In Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they discuss this (mid) week's current event laden issues: Gold medalist, Gabby Douglas continues to weather criticism from literally both sides-Black Women regarding her appearance and White racists for....well....being; famed womens HBCU, Spelman College is considering matriculating transgender females to their student body; another traffic stop resulting in the death of a Black male by police, this time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin causes riots, chaos and the customary media attention; comedian, Larry Wilmore loses the Nightly Show to cancellation; another Google algorithim proves unfavorable to Blackness; Dburt questions author, Mychal Denzel Smith's new book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education and other purveyors of victimization (and what exactly is "victimization " anyway?) and lastly, the trailer for Hidden Figures-the film about a group of Black female mathematicians who were instrumental in calculating the flight trajectories for the famed NASA space missions in the 60s-hit the cyberwebs. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
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Afropunk is coming, folks! More specifcally, next week. In the interim, why not check out the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week In Review (MWIR) airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. Join your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they discuss this (mid) week's current event laden issues: Gold medalist, Gabby Douglas continues to weather criticism from literally both sides-Black Women regarding her appearance and White racists for....well....being; famed womens HBCU, Spelman College is considering matriculating transgender females to their student body; another traffic stop resulting in the death of a Black male by police, this time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin causes riots, chaos and the customary media attention; comedian, Larry Wilmore loses the Nightly Show to cancellation; another Google algorithim proves unfavorable to Blackness; Dburt questions author, Mychal Denzel Smith's new book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education and other purveyors of victimization (and what exactly is "victimization " anyway?) and lastly, the trailer for Hidden Figures-the film about a group of Black female mathematicians who were instrumental in calculating the flight trajectories for the famed NASA space missions in the 60s-hit the cyberwebs. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
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Gabby Douglas vs Everybody; Spelman TRANscends & Milwaukee Burns, MWIR@7:30pm
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