Sep 5, 2024
In this episode we discuss the role of Black liberalism in the
US political landscape, particularly its relationship with the
Democratic Party. And how Black liberalism often neglects the
interests of the black working poor in service of the ruling class.
We contemplate the influence of social media on political discourse
and the Black elite’s capturing and commodification of Black
cultural expressions in service of empire at the expense of the
global working-poor. We touch on Black apathy towards
internationalism and passive or active support for imperialism and
how this behavior of betraying the interests of the oppressed is
learned domestically before being applied internationally. We touch
on the petit-bourgeois character of electoral politics and how the
poor are largely disappeared in mainstream political discussions
and processes.
Momodou Taal is a PhD student in the Africana department at Cornell
university. He is also the host of The Malcolm Effect podcast.
Too Black is a poet, member of Black Alliance For Peace, host of
The Black Myths Podcast which
can be found on Black Liberation Media, he’s also the
author of Laundering
Black Rage, and one of the
organizers of the Campaign to Free the Pendleton 2.
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