EPISODE · Jan 21, 2016 · 2H 34M
Oscars on Diversity, Sharpton's Chitterlings & More! The Mid Week, Wed@7:30pm
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What's the deal, people! Check out the latest episode of the Mid Week in Review, thanks to Afronerd MachineWorks. Don't forget to set your clocks for this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST as your designated hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk hone their detective skills analyzing this (mid) week's topics: After this year's Oscar nominees were revealed to not include any films or talent of color, actress Jada Pinkett Smith calls for a boycott of the famed award broadcast; activist and media personality, Rev. Al Sharpton causes controversy for a soul food reference during a rally with a majority Black crowd on MLK Day; we give our impressions of not only this past weekend's Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg (Harlem, NYC) but also Dburt's appearance as a panelist during the event; and speaking of Dr. King's Holiday, we revisit once again, our thoughts as to what would the iconic Civil Rights think about race relations and by extension Black progress empowerment, circa 2016; what exactly can we learn from the apparent ascendancy of "budget" hip hop artist, Lil Dicky (Save Dat Money!); Black Lives Matter's head acolyte, DeRay Mckesson makes an appearance on Stephen Colbert's Late Show and proceeds to instruct him on his White privilege (yawn...can't we just do the work without exposition?). And lastly, we highlight the successful Tuskegee Heirs graphic novel Kickstarter campaign. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
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What's the deal, people! Check out the latest episode of the Mid Week in Review, thanks to Afronerd MachineWorks. Don't forget to set your clocks for this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST as your designated hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk hone their detective skills analyzing this (mid) week's topics: After this year's Oscar nominees were revealed to not include any films or talent of color, actress Jada Pinkett Smith calls for a boycott of the famed award broadcast; activist and media personality, Rev. Al Sharpton causes controversy for a soul food reference during a rally with a majority Black crowd on MLK Day; we give our impressions of not only this past weekend's Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg (Harlem, NYC) but also Dburt's appearance as a panelist during the event; and speaking of Dr. King's Holiday, we revisit once again, our thoughts as to what would the iconic Civil Rights think about race relations and by extension Black progress empowerment, circa 2016; what exactly can we learn from the apparent ascendancy of "budget" hip hop artist, Lil Dicky (Save Dat Money!); Black Lives Matter's head acolyte, DeRay Mckesson makes an appearance on Stephen Colbert's Late Show and proceeds to instruct him on his White privilege (yawn...can't we just do the work without exposition?). And lastly, we highlight the successful Tuskegee Heirs graphic novel Kickstarter campaign. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.
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Oscars on Diversity, Sharpton's Chitterlings & More! The Mid Week, Wed@7:30pm
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