In this episode, we discuss the fallacies of ancestry DNA tests. We explore the history of racialization, how science has aided in upholding racism, and the questionable science behind ancestry tests. We also challenge the view of what it means to "return to our roots." Support our patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Invention-Politics-Re-create-Twenty-first/dp/1595588345 Social Constructions, Historical Grounds https://www.academia.edu/43704012/Social_Constructions_Historical_Grounds Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/1017476/mod_resource/content/1/barbara-j-fields-and-karen-fields-racecraft-the-soul-of-inequality-in-american-life.pdf  

In part 2, we continue our discussion with Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu on the myth of the Omicron variant originating in Africa. We expand our conversation to examine vaccine science, the World Economic Forum's Great Reset plan, and how to help global south countries (particularly African) fight Covid and gain political autonomy. How South African scientists discovered Omicron and set off a global chain reaction https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/02/world/south-africa-omicron-origins-covid-cmd-intl/index.html UK, Germany and Italy detect Omicron variant cases, Israel closes borders https://www.reuters.com/world/concerns-over-covid-variant-trigger-more-travel-curbs-southern-africa-2021-11-27/ The omicron variant was in Europe a week before South Africa reported it https://www.npr.org/2021/11/30/1060025081/omicron-variant-netherlands-europe-south-africa Omicron is less severe than delta variant and two Covid vaccine jabs give good protection, study suggests https://archive.md/9N1P3#selection-1067.1-1067.106 The Pfizer Inoculations For COVID-19 – More Harm Than Good (This video is against the vaccine but still discusses data relevant to the discussion) https://perma.cc/KQ5V-MWQV Chinese Doctors Confirmed African Blood Genetic Composition Resist Coronavirus After Student Cured https://archive.is/sKtDE The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why https://www.science.org/content/article/pandemic-appears-have-spared-africa-so-far-scientists-are-struggling-explain-why The Pandemic of Racial Capitalism: Another World is Possible https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346563059_The_Pandemic_of_Racial_Capitalism_Another_World_is_Possible

In this episode, we discuss if the Omicron variant originated in Africa with Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu. He is a 4th year Ph.D. candidate of Biomedical Sciences at UC Riverside and a member of the AAPRP All African People's Revolutionary Party. We draw on his scientific expertise to explore how variants are tracked, how Africa responded and exceeded expectations in their handling of covid, the significance of a public health infrastructure, how supporting the global South is more than calling for vaccine donations, and how Covid relates to the Great Reset. Support Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths How South African scientists discovered Omicron and set off a global chain reaction https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/02/world/south-africa-omicron-origins-covid-cmd-intl/index.html UK, Germany and Italy detect Omicron variant cases, Israel closes borders https://www.reuters.com/world/concerns-over-covid-variant-trigger-more-travel-curbs-southern-africa-2021-11-27/ The omicron variant was in Europe a week before South Africa reported it https://www.npr.org/2021/11/30/1060025081/omicron-variant-netherlands-europe-south-africa Omicron is less severe than delta variant and two Covid vaccine jabs give good protection, study suggests https://archive.md/9N1P3#selection-1067.1-1067.106 The Pfizer Inoculations For COVID-19 – More Harm Than Good (This video is against the vaccine but still discusses data relevant to the discussion) https://perma.cc/KQ5V-MWQV Chinese Doctors Confirmed African Blood Genetic Composition Resist Coronavirus After Student Cured https://archive.is/sKtDE The pandemic appears to have spared Africa so far. Scientists are struggling to explain why https://www.science.org/content/article/pandemic-appears-have-spared-africa-so-far-scientists-are-struggling-explain-why The Pandemic of Racial Capitalism: Another World is Possible https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346563059_The_Pandemic_of_Racial_Capitalism_Another_World_is_Possible

In part 2, we continue our review of myths we covered throughout the last year focusing on the myths: Algorithms are Colorblind, and Angela Davis was a Black Panther. Support our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths

In this episode, we review the myths we covered throughout the last year. Each co-host picks one myth to review as a team. We will be reviewing The Myth of Trickle Down Blackness, Black Wall Street was Self Sustaining, Algorihtims are Colorblind, and Angela Davis was a Black Panther. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths Twitter - @blackmythspod Instagram -blackmythspod Facebook- The Black Myths Podcast

In part 2, we further expand our conversation on racial violence to what our guest, Rasul Mowatt, calls the Racial Violence Continuum from his book, "Geographies of Threat, the Production of Violence: The State and the City Between Us." We explore 11 forms of racial violence from the least alarming to the most alarming. Part 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1504205689?ls=1 Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths Book https://www.routledge.com/The-Geographies-of-Threat-and-the-Production-of-Violence-The-State-and/Mowatt/p/book/9780367708948 Book discount/coupons https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mDDOfoaRZJzM67qldVrsk-LQg4h-qMLj Twitter - @blackmythspod Instagram -blackmythspod Facebook- The Black Myths Podcast

In this episode, We discuss why the origins of racial violence cannot be explained by white hatred. We explore the violent nature of the state, lynchings as a form of social control, and the purpose that violence serves to maintain capitalist order. We re-invite Rasul Mowatt to offer the necessary perspective pulling once again from his book -- The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence: The State and the City Between Us Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths Twitter - @blackmythspod Instagram -blackmythspod Facebook- The Black Myths Podcast

In part two, we continue our discussion with Dr. Rasul Mowatt on how map-making shaped what we come to know is redlining. We also discuss city Planning, gentrification, and the limits of "building Black wealth" under the auspices of capitalism.  Rasul A. Mowatt, Ph.D., is just a son of Chicago and a subject of empire, while dwelling within notions of statelessness, settler-colonial mentality, and anti-capitalism. He also functions in the State as a Professor in the Departments of American Studies and Geography in the College of Arts + Sciences at Indiana University, and soon will be a Department Head in the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. Part 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/myth-redlining-originated-in-the-u-s-w-rasul-mowatt/id1504205689?i=1000539249905https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2pb_p6TVg   Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths Twitter - @blackmythspod Instagram -blackmythspod Facebook- The Black Myths Podcast  

In this episode, we discuss the origins of redlining with Rasul Mowatt, Ph.D. Rasul recently released a book entitled "Geographies of Threat: The State and the City Between Us" that uncovers colonial-era maps prior to the history of redlining in the United States that demonstrate similar practices. More importantly, we discuss the political nature of map-making. Instead of viewing map-making as a neutral task, we discuss the nature of conquest that the map-making of the western world came to represent. Rasul argues that the conquering and administration of space are essential to the making of the state. Redlining is an expression of this history. Rasul A. Mowatt, Ph.D., is just a son of Chicago and a subject of empire, while dwelling within notions of statelessness, settler colonial mentality, and anti-capitalism. He also functions in the State as a Professor in the Departments of American Studies and Geography in the College of Arts + Sciences at Indiana University, and soon will be a Department Head in the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. Book https://www.routledge.com/The-Geographies-of-Threat-and-the-Production-of-Violence-The-State-and/Mowatt/p/book/9780367708948

In this episode, we discuss the philosophy and methodology we use to define Black Myths. Our goal is to give the audience a framework of how we evaluate myths, define a myth, and make it worthy of discussion. We also discuss the psychology behind why some of us as Black people cling to myths despite being presented with counter-evidence. With us to explore these concepts is nationally recognized scholar, speaker, educator, and organizer, Taharka Anderson. His scholar-activism centers Black educational philosophy, the narratives and social vulnerabilities of Black males, and Black students and school discipline. He is currently a doctoral student in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin. He has a master's degree in the Social & Cultural Analysis of Education and a bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in Africana Studies, both from California State University, Long Beach.