Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 442

Backtalk: The Myth of Racism Against White People

'Backtalk host Dahlia Balcazar and Amy Lam dig into the trolling of writer and lawyer Sarah Jeong with accusations of racism against white people. Jeong was recently hired to the New York Times editorial board when conservative trolls dug up tweets where she mocked white folks with the likes of #CancelWhitePeople.' -- Bitch Media 

Black Kids' Education: Can Black Millionaires like LeBron James Rescue It?

'NBA star LeBron James and comedian Kevin Hart used their platform and wealth in a very big and public way this month. James partnered with his home school district to fund a multi-million dollar school for third and fourth graders in Ohio, while Hart established a $600,000 scholarship fund for college-bound students. Education has historically been seen as the most reliable vehicle for black progress, and both men funneled their wealth into a space under-supported by national and local government. But is giving in education scalable? And how should black philanthropists think about education charity? Elizabeth Todd-Breland is a professor of history at the University of Illinois in Chicago and the author of A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s. Writing for The Undefeated, she argues that education shouldn't have to lean so heavily on philanthropy.'   -- The Takeaway

Boz Scaggs' Gets Back to His Roots

'Boz Scaggs discusses his new album, Out of the Blues, which offers a fresh take on recordings by Bobby Blue Bland, Magic Sam, Jimmy Reed, and even Neil Young's "On The Beach." It marks the final piece of an unofficial trilogy - which began with 2013's Memphis and was followed by 2015's A Fool To Care. Boz made this record as a way to reconnect with the music he heard on the radio growing up in Texas and Oklahoma in the 1950s.' -- Midday on WNYC
         
        

'Consent Not To Be a Single Being' -- Black Agenda Report Talks with Fred Moten

"The constant denial of individual Black personhood that is a legacy of centuries of slavery has given us “a chance to organizer around something other than the debilitating and vicious notion of individuality that is at the heart of modern western political economy,” said Fred Moten, author of the trilogy, Consent Not To Be a Single Being, in an interview with BAR Book Forum editor Roberto Sirvent. 

Ubuntu Peoples Podcast -- Mark Anthony Neal: The Epistemology of M.A.N.s Interiority Complex

Ubuntu Peoples Podcast, Episode #73 with Oronde Ash -- Dr. Mark Anthony Neal: The Epistemology of M.A.N.s Interiority Complex

'Dr. Mark Anthony Neal is Chair of the Department of African & African American Studies and the founding director of the Center for Arts, Digital Culture and Entrepreneurship (CADCE) at Duke University where he offers courses on Black Masculinity, Popular Culture, and Digital Humanities. He and I have been in the same rooms at events in Durham the past two years but never had a conversation until this interview. I wanted to find out how Dr. Neal became the M.A.N. he is, what forces shaped his intellect and scholarship --as a youth. I found out that it began on his stoop in the Bronx listening to his mother and the residents on the block talk about everything. It was nurtured by his parents who fed his intellect, and cultivated as an only child learning to be comfortable with himself and his ideas. I found out he and I attended the same high school--Brooklyn Tech--found power and purpose when given time and space to develop our particular Black perspectives, that we hold some of the same fears and hopes for the promise of Blackness to come.'

20 Years Of 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' -- A Conversation with Joan Morgan & Frannie Kelley

Celebrating 20 years of the groundbreaking album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill withJoan Morgan, author of She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (@milfinainteasy) and Frannie Kelley, co-host and producer of "Microphone Check," a podcast about hip-hop history and culture. Former NPR reporter. (@frannie_kelley). -- On Point

The Pioneering Prints of Dox Thrash

'Artist Dox Thrash (1893–1965), who attended night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago while working as an elevator operator, revolutionized printmaking in the 1930s by pioneering a completely new process called carborundum mezzotint – scraping away dark layers to reveal lighter grays and whites underneath. Faith Salie looks at the unique work of the African American artist.' -- CBS Sunday Morning

At Risk: Mothers and Childbirth in the US

'The United States is the only industrialized country where the rates of maternal deaths have increased, rather than decreased. And "near deaths" are on the rise: 60,000 a year across the country. Erin Moriarty of 48 Hours talks to young woman who have a higher risk of dying during pregnancy and childbirth than their mothers did, and meets a midwife from England who saw expectant mothers being turned away from doctors offices in Florida, and in response opened up a health clinic that welcomes everyone.' -- CBS Sunday Morning

How Ramen Arrived in America

'From Maruchan to Momofuku, a look at America’s love affair with the savory noodle.' -- The New Yorker 

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice --

'On this edition of Making Contact , a conversation with author Paul Kivel about his book, Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice. This book offers a framework for understanding institutional racism. It provides practical suggestions, tools, examples, and advice on how white people can intervene in interpersonal and organizational situations to work as allies for racial justice. Completely revised and updated, this expanded third edition directly engages the reader through questions, exercises, and suggestions for action, and takes a detailed look at current issues such as affirmative action, immigration, and health care. It also includes a wealth of information about specific cultural groups such as Muslims, people with mixed-heritage, Native Americans, Jews, recent immigrants, Asian Americans, and Latinos.'