Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 428

Sonics and Visuals: Kamasi Washington -- "Hub-Tones"

Directed by Jenn Nkiru, the visuals for "Hub-Tones", Kamasi Washington's cover of Freddie Hubbard's 1963 classic, from Washington's sophomore album Heaven and Earth.

Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys: Misogyny, Authoritarianism, and the Rise of Multiracial White Supremacy

'The Proud Boys fit into an American tradition of far-right hate groups, but the Internet has enabled disparate groups from all across the country to find support in their message of "western chauvinism." Also interestingly, the Proud Boys seem to have an ability to attract men of color, which seems at odds with groups that borrow heavily from a white supremacist ideology. Tanya Hernández, professor of law at Fordham University and the author of the forthcoming book Multiracials and Civil Rights, and David Neiwert, author of Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, and correspondent for the Southern Poverty Law Center, join the program to help make sense of this current phenomenon.' -- The Takeaway

Scene on the Radio: American Made (MEN, Part 8) with Scholars Tim Yu and Mark Anthony Neal

'American history—law, economics, culture—has built different notions of masculinity (and femininity) for people of varying races and ethnicities. A trip through a century of pop culture and the stereotyped images that white supremacy has manufactured and attached to Asian and African American men. With scholars Tim Yu and Mark Anthony Neal and co-hosts John Biewen and Celeste Headlee.' -- Scene on the Radio

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

'Mark Bradford represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale. An exhibit of his work is now on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art — where one curator says he may well be the best painter working today.' -- Morning Edition

Phoebe Robinson: There's No Excuse For The Lack Of Diversity In Comedy

'"There are so many talented, amazing people and if you're not booking them, it's either out of laziness or the fact you really don't care," says Phoebe Robinson the co-host of the 2 Dope Queens podcast. Robinson's new book of personal essays is Everything's Trash, But It's Okay.' -- Fresh Air

Zócalo Public Square: Is Nature Only for White People?

'In the United States, a large country defined by its greatest natural wonders, engaging with nature is considered essential to good health and civic virtue. But African Americans, while representing 13 percent of the U.S. population, make up just 7 percent of visitors to our national parks; Latinos and Native Americans are similarly underrepresented among park attendees. REI marketing executive Myrian Solis Coronel, Latino Outdoors founder José González, North Carolina State University environmental sociologist Myron Floyd, and writer and hiker Rahawa Haile visited Zócalo to participate in a Zócalo/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County panel discussion on how to diversify access to the natural world, held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.'

Housing Discrimination, Neighborhood Segregation and the Unfinished Work of the Fair Housing Act

'Journalist Rachel M. Cohen explores the 50 year in shift in population and politics between cities and suburbs since the 1968 Fair Housing Act, the act's success in addressing discrimination and shortcomings addressing segregation, and the resulting backlash from a reactionary right with a slumlord now in power. Cohen wrote the article "Taking Back the Suburbs: The Fair Housing Act at Fifty" for Dissent.' -- This Is Hell! Radio

At One All-Black High School, Players Take a Knee with Intention

'50 years ago, Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists atop the medal podiums at the Mexico City, Olympic Games. It was the summer of 1968, and their protest, a symbol of Black Power and civil disobedience, rocked the world. 50 years later, 32 high school boys playing football for the Capital Christian Academy are taking a knee before every single game, continuing a trend started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick two years ago. Richard Johnson II plays left tackle and defensive end on the Capital Christian football team in Maryland. Tanzina Vega sits down with Johnson and Head Coach Cornell Wade to talk about why their team is choosing to use their platform as athletes as a vehicle for protest.' -- The Takeaway

Left of Black S9:E3: Making All Black Lives Matter – Barbara Ransby on Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the Left of Black studio by Barbara Ransby, a distinguished professor of African American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she also is the director of the Social Justice Initiative. Professor Ransby is the editor of the journal, Souls, and the author of three books, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (University of North Carolina Press, 2003), Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson (Yale University Press, 2014), and Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century (University of California Press, 2018).

Lil Buck at Fondation Louis Vuitton

'To mark the current exhibition at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Icons Of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection, London-based director Andrew Margetson follows Memphis-born jookin’ dancer Lil Buck as he twists and turns past masterpieces by the likes of Picasso and Matisse.' -- Nowness