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Teaser for CS056: Sweet Home Alabama (12/18/2017)
Champagne Sharks
English - December 26, 2017 05:55 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 407 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We discuss the Doug Jones and Roy Moore election in Alabama, the aftermath with the media and Black women, and the opportunistic forces of the black misleadership class in media, politics and academia trying to capitalize on the grassroots effort done by poor black women on the ground.
Things discussed in this piece:
My twitter thread on the Alabama election: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941346154750636032
Another twitter thread by me: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941002908635680778
Thread on how black women are being turned into political mammies: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941100228312170497
Mic.com's article describing the grassroots work done in Alabama and the responsible parties "Black women fueled a grassroots movement in Alabama — and may remake state politics": https://mic.com/articles/186790/black-women-fueled-a-grassroots-movement-in-alabama-and-may-remake-state-politics#.TxGfk56fi
Another article describing the work done on the ground: "How a former sharecropper in an SUV helped drive Doug Jones to victory in Alabama's Black Belt" http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/how_a_former_sharecropper_in_a.html
Another article describing the grassroots work done in Alabama "Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-women-doug-jones_us_5a318dede4b091ca268508c2
Examples of figures coopting the voter turnout as a way to self-aggrandize and divert attention and money to themselves, cronies, and affiliated organizations like Angela Rye (https://twitter.com/OG_Humble_One/status/941326893835587586), Brittany Packnett https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/black-women-turnout-roy-moore-doug-jones.html, and Taylor Crumpton https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-support-black-women-after-the-alabama-senate-election
Twitter user Darkskintdostoevsky weighing in the opportunist celebrity activists coopting the narrative away from local Alabama grassroots organizers, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941324456470786048, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941325047850926081, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941365868453175302, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941370471072677888, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941364373792071680, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941363666909151232, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941333445258633216, and here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941334067311558656
Darkskintdostoevsky's list of all the ways to actually support the people and organizations who helped to make
The conditions for black people in Alabama currently, "Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-lowndes-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty; "UN poverty official touring Alabama's Black Belt: 'I haven't seen this' in the First World" http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/un_poverty_official_touring_al.html
Robin Thede's post-election black women superhero movie tweet https://twitter.com/robinthede/status/940788397597130752
Jemele Hill calling Robin Roberts "Auntie Robin" https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/941420670566715393
This is a preview of a bonus premium episode. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2.
We discuss the Doug Jones and Roy Moore election in Alabama, the aftermath with the media and Black women, and the opportunistic forces of the black misleadership class in media, politics and academia trying to capitalize on the grassroots effort done by poor black women on the ground.
Things discussed in this piece:
My twitter thread on the Alabama election: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941346154750636032
Another twitter thread by me: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941002908635680778
Thread on how black women are being turned into political mammies: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/941100228312170497
Mic.com’s article describing the grassroots work done in Alabama and the responsible parties “Black women fueled a grassroots movement in Alabama — and may remake state politics”: https://mic.com/articles/186790/black-women-fueled-a-grassroots-movement-in-alabama-and-may-remake-state-politics#.TxGfk56fi
Another article describing the work done on the ground: “How a former sharecropper in an SUV helped drive Doug Jones to victory in Alabama’s Black Belt” http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/how_a_former_sharecropper_in_a.html
Another article describing the grassroots work done in Alabama “Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns.” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-women-doug-jones_us_5a318dede4b091ca268508c2
Examples of figures coopting the voter turnout as a way to self-aggrandize and divert attention and money to themselves, cronies, and affiliated organizations like Angela Rye (https://twitter.com/OG_Humble_One/status/941326893835587586), Brittany Packnett https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/black-women-turnout-roy-moore-doug-jones.html, and Taylor Crumpton https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-support-black-women-after-the-alabama-senate-election
Twitter user Darkskintdostoevsky weighing in the opportunist celebrity activists coopting the narrative away from local Alabama grassroots organizers, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941324456470786048, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941325047850926081, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941365868453175302, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941370471072677888, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941364373792071680, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941363666909151232, here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941333445258633216, and here https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/941334067311558656
Darkskintdostoevsky’s list of all the ways to actually support the people and organizations who helped to make
The conditions for black people in Alabama currently, “Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/hookworm-lowndes-county-alabama-water-waste-treatment-poverty; “UN poverty official touring Alabama’s Black Belt: ‘I haven’t seen this’ in the First World” http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/un_poverty_official_touring_al.html
Robin Thede’s post-election black women superhero movie tweet https://twitter.com/robinthede/status/940788397597130752
Jemele Hill calling Robin Roberts “Auntie Robin” https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/941420670566715393