The Tragic Legacy Of "Acting" Black Within Anti-Black Pop Culture: Bert Williams, George Walker & Aida Overton Walker
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English - March 24, 2020 10:09 - 1 hour - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEducation Society & Culture education labor war economics entertainment law politics popularculture religion sex Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We discus the Legacy of celebrated Black Face Entertainer Bert Williams and his partnership with George Walker and Aida Overton Walker. We play clips from The C.O.W.S. hosted by Gus T. Renegade discussing the term 'John Henryism' and NPR. We critique the connection between anti-black pop culture and early sudden deaths of Bert Williams, George Walker & Aida Overton Walker. Is acting black bad for the health of people subject to black classification?