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
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:am ET on PRN. Length: one hour.
The so-called âprogressiveâ model would have us wait half a dozen election cycles before taking real action on the demand for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.
âIt's like writing history with lightning.â â Woodrow Wilson on Birth of A Nation
Du Bois, the father of Pan Africanism and the towering theorist of race, was â just as importantly -- one of the great theorists of communism.
Trump threw a monkey wrench into the capitalist systemâs population management machine.
âThe Squad Wonât Fight Pelosi and Corporate Powerâ by Glen Ford
