Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 189

'Short-Changed Their Entire Working Lives': A Look At The Wage Gap On Black Women's Equal Pay Day

'The wage gap persists between men and women in the U.S. — and it's even wider between Black women and white, non-Hispanic men.  The wage gap persists between men and women in the U.S. — and it's even wider between Black women and white men. And this pay discrepancy leads to a wealth gap over the course of a career, says Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center. As the wage gap grows over time, it leaves many Black women with little to no savings at the end of their lives, she says.' --Here & Now

One Hundred: The Ed Gordon Podcast with Tamela Mann

'Ed Gordon talks with singer, actress, and entrepreneur Tamela Mann. This multi-talented Grammy winner discusses: her marriage to comedian David Mann, their successful association with Tyler Perry, why music is her passion and her latest album, Overcomer.'

Grammy-Winning Musician Keyon Harrold: Racism and Work

'How should organizations support employees who experience racist incidents in their personal lives and how can those kinds of experiences affect their work? In December 2020, jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold and his teenage son, who are Black, were attacked by a white woman who falsely accused Harrold’s son of stealing her smartphone. Captured on video, the incident made worldwide headlines as an example of racial profiling. Harrold tells host Porter Braswell about the response he received from the music industry and how that incident has changed his career.'

How We Got Here: The Half-Life of Democracy with Khalil G. Muhammad

George Floyd protest, summer 2020. (Photo credit: Nina Berman)

 'The issue of police violence and racism is a familiar one. It’s been present in the United States since the Republic’s beginnings. And the stories of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice and others cannot be understood if we do not know and comprehend that history. In this episode of How We Got Here, Jelani Cobb discusses race, crime, criminal justice, violence and the kind of cyclical dynamic that we have seen repeatedly over the decades with Harvard historian Dr. Khalil Muhammad.  The conversation gives greater context and an insight into the shattering events of today by illuminating the roots of injustice and violence against Black Americans by those in authority.'

Helga—The Armory Conversations: Tina Campt

 

"How exactly do we listen to images? We listen by feeling. We listen by attending to what I call 'felt sound'."

'Helga Davis invites Scholar and Author Tina Campt to explore her relationship to her practice and her family, centering the conversation on the power and pleasure of listening to images. Campt is Owen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. Campt is a black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art. Her most recent book is A Black Gaze (MIT Press, 2021).'

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The Ethics of Using Legally-Obtained Personal Data in Reporting

'The Pillar, a Substack dedicated to Catholic news, used a mysterious data set to identify a high ranking Catholic priest — a monsignor. From there, they outed the priest as a user of the hook-up app Grindr. Next they plotted out his movements — from his home, to work, to gay bars and private residences. It was all made possible by data that Grindr itself collected: data subsequently made available for (legal) purchase by a data broker, which somehow got into Pillar’s hands. The priest resigned from his post at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops the day the story broke. In this interview, On the Media guest host Brandy Zadrozny talks with Sara Morrison, a data and privacy reporter at Recode at Vox, about how this data came up for sale, and the ethical implications of using it.'

Artist Talk with Arthur Jafa: A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

'In this talk, Arthur Jafa talks about his concluding exhibition at the Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin as well as his latest project “The White Album.” The title of the exhibition, A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions, concerns the sense of absence Jafa sees haunting Black life. The word “rendition” refers to his interpretation of the aesthetics associated with Black being, which are historically inscribed in images, objects, and artefacts. By re-performing these narratives in the present, Jafa imagines and constructs new possibilities for making them visible.'

REEL SOUTH: Now Let Us Sing (dir. Dilsey Davis)

'An interfaith, interracial choir in Durham, North Carolina is forced to take a new direction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the choir, which is dedicated to racial unity, must grapple with the dual crises of the coronavirus pandemic and police killings of African Americans, all while trying to sing as one unit while living miles apart. Directed by Dilsey Davis.'

Afropop Worldwide: Rap, Reggae and Cultural Resistance in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

'Belo Horizonte is Brazil’s sixth largest city and including its surrounding districts, the country’s third largest metropolitan area. The capital of Minas Gerais, a state built on mining, dairy products and coffee production, Belo Horizonte is often seen as a parochial, conservative backwater, yet its thriving alternative arts scene provides robust forms of musical and cultural resistance to the exclusionary policies of reactionary president, Jair Bolsonaro, especially through local variants of hip-hop and reggae. Produced in Belo Horizonte by David Katz, this program explores the intricacies of the city’s homegrown resistance movements, based in squatted buildings and public spaces in the city center and peripheral favelas on the outskirts. It reveals the surprising complexities of the renowned Belo Horizonte rap scene, which is intricately linked to improv theatre and urban poetry movements, with a revived Carnival culture, African-Brazilian Candomblé and baile funk all part of the local form’s very distinctive musical backdrop; the smaller reggae scene also addresses issues such as social exclusion, income disparity, racial bias, gender discrimination, transphobia and environmental crises.'

Afropop Worldwide · Rap, Reggae and Cultural Resistance in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Grenada: The Dream of a Black Utopia

Samora Michel and Maurice Bishop

'A Marxist revolution, a Cold War proxy battle, and a dream of a Black utopia. In 1983, Ronald Reagan ordered the U.S. military to invade the island of Grenada. Almost four decades later, many Americans don't remember why — or that it even happened. “This was a Black country with people making their own success and failure,” says Dessima Williams, Grenada’s former ambassador to the U.S. “We didn't have White people over us. And I think that itself was revolutionary at the psychic level.” This week, Martine Powers, from Post Reports, brings Throughlinea story of revolution, invasion, and the aftermath of unresolved history.'