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"the revolution is being televised" (Remixing Gil Scott-Heron) by Stephane Dunn

"the revolution is being televised"  (Remixing Gil Scott-Heron) by Stephane Dunn | @DrStephaneDunn | NewBlackMan (in Exile)
The revolution is being televised
Black Lives Matter won't be demonized into silence Or impotence Or all lives matter backlash-hashtagged to death You won't be able to white Klan wash itOr internet clutter it With Donald Trump tweets, Hillary Clinton emails or scandals, Or Bill O'Reilly FOX News hatin'
There are iPhone and Android viral videos of cops beating, shooting, chokingbrothers and sisters on Google, Yahoo, Chrome, Bing, DuckDuckGo & AOL There are iPhone and Android viral videos of cops beating, shooting, chokingbrothers and sisters on Google, Yahoo, Chrome, Bing, DuckDuckGo & AOL
The revolution is being televised
Black Lives Matter won't be crowded outby Facebook, the most searched, or the most followed Or cable channel avoided with Starz, HBO, AMC, Bravo, Showtime, or 24-7 ESPNYou won't be able to Pokemon Go distract or snap-chat trivialize it Or kill it with mainstream headline twists, handcuffed wrists, or Civil Rights icon rebuffsOr instagramming reality celebrities & who's-dissing-who-or-who's-fucking-who-trending topics
The revolution is being televised
Black Lives Matter will not pause for the Rio Olympics the zika virusterrorist attackssniper bulletsright wing-no-wing rhetoricno gun control stalematestragic national funeralsRepublican or Democratic conventions the presidential election Brexit Or the next season of Game of Thrones
Black Lives Matter will disrupt your status quoput black & brown women, men, & children on screen & online in yr face, in the streets, & on yr national nervesBlack Lives Matter spook who sat by the door stylewill not be virtualized, will not be virtualizedin 3D or 4D animation
You won't be able to pretend like black on black and blue on blackain't blue and black blues The revolution is live
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Stephane Dunn is a writer and professor at Morehouse College.  Publications, include the 2008 book Baad Bitches & Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films (U of Illinois) and a number of articles in mediums such as Ebony.com, The Atlantic, The Root.com, the AJC, and others.

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