Racism@Mizzou, TV Not Diverse Enuff (Still) & More-Afronerd@7:30pm Wed

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Brevity, people...brevity! Listen to the latest episode of Afronerd radio's Mid Week in Review podcast airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm EST. Join your hosts Dburt and Capt. Kirk as they wax about this (mid) week's current event inspired topics: unraveling the racial conflict at the University of Missouri and the eventual firing of the institution's president; iconic New Orleans mucisian/producer, Allen Toussaint passes at the age of 77; to Dburt's chagrin, does the recent flare up between minstrels and past lovers, Curtis "50 cent" Jackson and Vivica A. Fox, channel a larger issue of sexual "questioning" between Black men and women (a recent Root article also ponders a similar dilemma); a new Variety magazine article reports that minorities are still heavily underrepresented in TV projects (infrastructure, anyone?); a White actors portraying Dr. Martin Luther King in a play stirs a controversial stew. And lastly, highlighting the rise of techpreneur, Ali Abdullah's Claim It! app. Call the hosts live at 646-915-9620.

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