The Black Myths Podcast

In part 2 of the myth Rooting for Everybody Black (Pt.3 overall of the Myth of Trickle Down Blackness), we continue our talk with Georgetown University Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, about his new book Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). This episode picks up right where we left off. Continuing with elite capture as our philosophical lens, we discuss the pitfalls of two additional popular phrases "All Skin Folk Ain't Kinfolk" and "Crabs in a Barrel." We also discuss if elite capture helps produce "bad people."  Book https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture Please support our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths      

In this episode, we talk with Georgetown University Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, about his new book Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). In early 2021 we interviewed Taiwo about his essay of a similar name (Identity Politics and Elite Capture) to debunk the myth of trickle-down blackness --the concept that if a select group of Black people can gain access to elite spaces then the fruits of that access will magically trickle down to the masses of Black people. Pt. 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-myth-of-trickle-down-blackness-w-ol%C3%BAf%E1%BA%B9-mi-o-t%C3%A1%C3%ADw%C3%B2/id1504205689?i=1000505786323 This episode picks up as part two of that conversation. With elite capture as our philosophical lens, we discuss the pitfalls of popular phrases like "Rooting For Everybody Black" and "All Skin Folk Ain't Kinfolk" that obscure class differences among Black people and allow a faux racial solidarity to dilute our politics. We also discuss if class suicide can weaken the negative impact of elite capture. Book https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture Please support our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths    

In this episode 2, we continue to cover the fallacies of the popular phrase "The System is Broken" in our discussion with Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Knox College, Dr. Yannick Marshall, about his article "A Short Dictionary of Liberal Language on Policing." We discuss the following terms: Broken, begin to, both sides, change, deterrence, feared for his life, flawed or imperfect, healing, held accountable, legacy, know his heart, peace/peaceful, reform, supposed to, and tragic. We discuss the state and how it creates and absolves systems for white capital. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/25/a-short-dictionary-of-liberal-language-on-policing Support our patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths

In this episode, we cover the fallacies of the popular phrase "The System is Broken" by discussing an article written by Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Knox College, Dr. Yannick Marshall, entitled "A Short Dictionary of Liberal Language on Policing." We discuss the following terms: Broken, begin to, both sides, change, deterrence, feared for his life, flawed or imperfect, healing, held accountable, legacy, know his heart, peace/peaceful, reform, supposed to, and tragic. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/25/a-short-dictionary-of-liberal-language-on-policing Support our patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths

For part two, we continue our interview with the political prisoner, John Naeem Trotter. He gives further insight into the Indiana prisoners' rebellion of '85 and the counterinsurgency plans by the Indiana Department of Corrections to stop the prisoners' movement following the rebellion. We also speak with New Akrikan political prisoner, Shaka Shakur. Shaka was shipped out of Indiana to Virginia due to his political activity. Shaka also speaks on the history of the prison movement in Indiana as well as the violent conditions prisoners are still facing including being attacked and targeted. In Memory of Lokmar Yazid Abdul Wadood https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/2021/2/9/in-memory-of-lokmar-yazid-abdul-wadood   For more information (scroll to bottom) https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/02/24/the-indiana-prisoner-rebellion-of-1985/amp/   Chris Needs Help With Legal Fees https://fundrazr.com/FreeChrisTrotterref=ab_8WKSJyVJlzy8WKSJyVJlzy Shaka Shakur https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/tag/Shaka+Shakur   Support our patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths

In this episode, we discuss how telling oppressed people to never resort to violence is BS. We use a case study of a little-known prison rebellion at the Indiana Reformatory (Pendleton Corrections) in 1985 that required violence for survival. We speak with the co-leaders of the ‘85 rebellion who are still unjustly locked up in prison, John C Cole, aka Balagoon, and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter. they highlight the conditions that led to the rebellion, why taking over the prison was a form of self-defense and the need for prison abolition. We also discuss how the United States stands in no moral position to condemn violence when it perpetuates it around including the current war in Ukraine and its military aggression throughout the globe. For more information (scroll to bottom) https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/02/24/the-indiana-prisoner-rebellion-of-1985/amp/ Support our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths NEW DISCORD!

In this episode, we dive deeper into the fallacies of ancestry DNA tests with evolutionary biologist Dr. Shay-Akil McLean. Dr. McLean helps us explore how our understandings of biology, DNA, and genes are deeply intertwined with the history of slavery and colonialism. Also, he helps us see how science is ultimately used as a distraction to race/racism. Bio Dr. Shay-Akil McLean, Ph.D. (@Hood_Biologist & @DATTShayAkil) is a Queer Trans masculine & gender queer man racialized as Black, on stolen Indigenous land, an educator, organizer, writer, public intellectual, human biologist, anthropologist & sociologist. Shay-Akil earned his Ph.D. from the UIUC School of Integrative Biology’s Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation (PEEC). Shay-Akil studies Du Boisian sociology, STS/HASTS, race/ism, human health demography, evolutionary genetics, & theoretical population genetics. He holds degrees in biological anthropology (BA & MA) & sociology (BA & MA) which he uses to study bioethics, medical ethics, philosophy of biology, population genetics, evolutionary theory, health inequities, & knowledge LINKS: 1. Shay-Akil McLean Academia https://illinois.academia.edu/ShayAkilMcLean 2: Political Education Readings - https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgkR2_KRa91ZoldRk0jiSmWg_O7w?e=7ZdABQ 3: DATT Freedom School Readings (Summer 2015) - https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgkR2_KRa91ZhMUFqfOuI1XfC1fdGA?e=bZX76G 3.1: DATT Freedom School Syllabus (Summer 2015) - https://decolonizeallthethings.com/2015/06/22/d-a-t-t-freedom-school-summer-2015-syllabus/

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