Inequality: The American Ethos
The US has historically been a place where âfairness is adjudicated unevenly, itâs based on inequalityâ in which âcertain people deserve more than others,â said Ampson Hagan, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina who has made a study of âdeservingness.â American political discourse has been centered around the idea that âBlacks and minorities have been agitating for things that they donât actually deserve,â said Hagan. âThis actually limits the horizons for everyoneâ and holds back acceptance of ideas like Medicare for All.â
Blacks Need to Rethink âPositiveâ Images in z Racist Country
A segment of African Americans has long been obsessed with promoting images that are positive representations of The Race, but recurring police atrocities show the necessity to âexpose the regime of ârepresentationâ that further marginalizes us, as opposed to trying to conform to that regime.â said Brenna Greer, a professor of Social Sciences and History at Wellesley College. Greer is author of âRepresented: The Black Imagemakers That Reimagined African American Citizenship.â
Reading During âPerfect Stormâ of Crisis
Medical, economic and political crises have combined to create a âperfect storm for reading, because of the ways that the ideology of whiteness has come to its limits,â said Aparna Mistra Tarc, professor of Education at York University, in Toronto, Canada. People are seeing more clearly âwhat the consumptive, neoliberal American dream is doing to the world,â said Tarc.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:am ET on PRN. Length: one hour.
The so-called "peace agreement" between Rwanda and Congo prioritizes U.S. access to mineral riches. The violence carried out against thousands of civilians continues.
Trumpâs accelerated fascism is met with the silence of a compromised U.S. "left." Its institutions, tethered to capitalism and the Democratic Party, reveal they are part of the machine they claim toâŚ
Western media celebrate the terrorist they supported as Syria's savior. Syriaâs new U.S.-backed rulers have erased anti-colonial history, enacted neo-liberal policies, and welcomed Israeli occupationâŚ
In this weekâs segment, we hear about events in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, a disputed election, and a so-called coup that was actually carried out on behalf of the president. But firstâŚ
Margaret Kimberley was a guest on the Jamarl Thomas YouTube Channel. We present excerpts of the discussion of her contribution to the new anthology China Changes Everything. Her chapter is entitled "âŚ
