The Black Guy Who Tips Blacksplains How to Decolonize the Internet

If Christopher Columbus “discovered” America for white people, then Rod and Karen Morrow reverse gentrified the internet. After all, when Elon Musk “discovered” the website he now owns, Rod was already making his case for being considered one of the founders of Black Twitter. HBO made a show about a fictional universe with dragons, witches and white people with cousins, but Rod and Karen helped focus the Black gaze on The Game of Thrones. From working at HBO as Bomani Jones examined sports (and America) through a uniquely Black lens to teaming up with a writer named Michael Harriot and a little-known producer named Pharrell Williams on Drapetomaniax, Rod and Karen are basically the internet’s Black Lewis and Clark.And when it comes to the fastest-growing form of media in the world, the Charlotte, N.C., couple host The Black Guy Who Tips, the longest-running Black podcast on Cheyenne Bryant’s internet.That’s why we sat down with Rod Morrow to talk about his origin story, how the landscape has changed during his 16 years in the game and whether the podcast space needs more Black voices.If you wanna hear how someone feels about a topic they heard some people talking about, you’re in luck. The world is filled with places where white perspective is framed as objectivity. It’s called whitesplaining.But if you value truth, expertise and lived experience from a Black perspective…Let me introduce you to the Black podfather, the OG of RSS feeds, or (my favorite —Negro Rogan.Today, the Black guy who tips Blacksplains how to decolonize the podcast space.Because he already did it.