Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2020
Corporate Media Largely Decide Which Black Lives Matter
A study by sociology professor Alicia Simmons, of Colgate University, found that corporate media journalists sometimes adopt an adversarial relationship with local police, but most often treat them as valued news sources. The police are always thought of as adversaries in the Black community. ââWe know that police have turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to communities of color,â said Simmons. The police tell Blacks, âIâm going to over-police you, but Iâm going to under-protect you.â
Duboisâ Views on âVeilâ of Blackness Explains White Suburban Micro-Aggressions
Upscale Black mothers who moved to Detroitâs white suburbs in search of better schools for their kids are suffering âbattle fatigueâ from constant struggles with their neighbors, according to Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury, a professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, who conducted a study titled, âState of the Art: Living Within the Veil.â âThe veil is a mechanism for protecting the Black psyche,â she said, âbut also a mechanism for sustaining racial oppression.â
Black Ex-Felons Are Slow to Vouch for Other Former Offenders
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Black former offenders âneed to see strong evidence that the formerly incarcerated person has really changed, said Sandra Susan Smith, a University of California professor of sociology who did a study on the subject. Smith discovered that ex-offenders who have good jobs are reluctant to put their own reputations at risk by vouching for recently released friends and relatives. The employed ex-offenderâs attitude is, âIf I donât see evidence of real change, then Iâm not doing anything.â
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The corporate media is second only to the police in spreading falsehoods about the nationâs best known political prisoner.
âDisease poeticsâ has been part of global capitalism since its emergence.
Practitioners of the dark art of bigotry find a perfect camouflage behind impenetrable walls of denial to mask their wicked ways.
If Biden wants to help workers, he can fully implement the National Labor Relations Act, which hasnât been enforced in 86 years.
Who Cleans the Country?
