Champagne Sharks

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This is the first solo episode I've done in a while. I discuss various things about the Charleston, SC Black church shooting by Dylann Roof and the Pittsburgh, PA Jewish synagogue shooting by Robert Bowers.

Discussed in this episode:

* Synagogue families refuse to meet with Trump https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413825-family-of-synagogue-shooting-victim-declines-meeting-with-trump

* “Pittsburgh Rabbi Hailed a Hero for Saving Congregants Amid Gunfire” https://www.insideedition.com/pittsburgh-rabbi-hailed-hero-saving-congregants-amid-gunfire-47990

* "Anguished by ‘Spiral of Hate,’ Charleston Pastor and Pittsburgh Rabbi Grieve as One" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-charleston-emanuel.html

* “Jewish Staffers Among First to Treat Accused Synagogue Gunman” https://www.kaaltv.com/national/synagogue-massacre-suspect-robert-bowers-court-latest/5126658/

* “Safety in churches: faith community responds to shooting” https://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/6643535-151/safety-in-churches-faith-community-responds-to-shooting

* Story behind Amazing Grace: https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200149085/

* Transcript of Obama speech: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/06/26/transcript-obama-delivers-eulogy-for-charleston-pastor-the-rev-clementa-pinckney/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.051aedc1a604

* Video of Obama's Charleston Eulogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9IGyidtfGI

Intro music is “Sun Scope” by Maricopa. All songs that have been or eventually will be used on this show can be found in our monster Champagne Sharks Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun

Mike is back and for the first time in a while all three Sharks are sitting in at once.

Discussed in this episode:

* "Rich people are less likely to notice you, according to this study"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/study-rich-people-are-less-likely-to-notice-or-care-about-you.html

* "Most people can tell if you're rich just by looking at your face"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/study-most-people-can-tell-if-youre-rich-from-your-face.html

* "If You’ve Never Seen the Top of Your Tinder Date’s Head, Perhaps You’re Being Hatfished" https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/if-youve-never-seen-your-dates-hair-is-he-hatfishing-you.html

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected])Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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In Part 1 of a 5-part series, D. Mills discusses with guest Malika Bee how the educational system affects Black students and families specifcially, but families in general.

* Hairspray 1988 Special Ed scene https://youtu.be/Wo0pcXqIBjk

* Articles about the controversy regarding black children being funneled into special education: (1) https://www.brookings.edu/research/race-poverty-and-interpreting-overrepresentation-in-special-education/; and (2) https://www.racialjusticeproject.com/black-youth-in-the-special-education-system-overrepresented-or-underrepresented/

* "African-American Students with Disabilities Suspended at Disproportionately High Rates" https://edsource.org/2018/african-american-students-with-disabilities-suspended-at-disproportionately-high-rates/597052

* Standardized Testing discrimination http://parentsacrossamerica.org/civil-rights-discrimination-standardized-testing/

* Information on the Individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA) https://sites.ed.gov/idea/

* IDEA offer of FAPE - http://www.pause4kids.com/training/three/Written_Offer_of_FAPE.pdf: "The “Written Offerof a Free and Appropriate Public Education” (FAPE) is a formal offermade by the local education agency (LEA) of educational placement, including supplemental aids and services. It meets the requirements outlined in IDEA for “written prior notice.”

* Difference between a section 504 plan vs an IEP Individualized education plan  http://schoolpsychologistfiles.com/which-is-better-a-504-plan-or-an-iep/

* Links to a wide array of resources including regulations, codes, laws etc… The California site also contains links to national resources: (1) California https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/selinks.asp; and (2) New York http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/quality/parents.htm

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In this episode, we shoot the shit about a bunch of issues. This episode is late because I was having post-surgery complications. Sorry.

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Today we welcome Mark, a South Korean transracial adoptee who was raised by White American parents and has a lot of thoughts on issues involving transracial adoption. Mark writes and podcasts over at Plan A magazine (http://planamag.com).

Mark's articles on Adoptees without citizenship: https://planamag.com/adoption-without-citizenship-is-human-trafficking-787d81ac2152?source=false---------0 and also https://planamag.com/the-existence-of-adoptees-without-citizenship-is-an-indictment-of-american-justice-2075f42d4c0?source=false---------3

Articles on Christian Adoption fever: https://newrepublic.com/article/127311/trouble-christian-adoption-movement and https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/christian-evangelical-adoption-liberia/

"Taking on South Korea's adoption taboo" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30692127

Brene Brown on empathy vs. sympathy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw

UN's definition of genocide: http://www.un.org/ar/preventgenocide/adviser/pdf/osapg_analysis_framework.pdf

"Ethiopia will no longer allow foreigners to adopt its children" https://qz.com/africa/1176618/ethiopia-bans-foreign-adoptions/

"Foster Care as Punishment: The New Reality of ‘Jane Crow’" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/nyregion/foster-care-nyc-jane-crow.html

Clip from the movie Rabbit-Proof Fence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wEkLnxfZ3g

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Today we speak to Bo (https://twitter.com/eBoPeep) about a recent controversy revolving UK-born Nigerian-descended actress Cynthia Erivo and the announcement that she would be playing Harriet Tubman in an upcoming American movie production. Bo pulled up and documented a lot of Cynthia Erivo's problematic tweets on Twitter about American Blacks to make the case that Erivo shouldn't be playing an American Black icon like Harriet Tubman.

Bo is a proud descendant of American and Caribbean enslaved peoples, and particularly passionate about current American DOS issues. She believes in applying a long-term, holistic and sober view to "I'm rooting for everyone Black." She also believes in the immediate necessity of honoring and protecting our respective and unique cultures, lineages, boundaries, experiences, and justice claims throughout the Diaspora.

Discussed in the episode:

* Twitter handles of other users who have been beating the drum of this cause: @TylerCollins101, @Behembaba, @PeachesJenkins3, @Blackcowork. Also @ebonyteach's deep thread on this

* The Change.org petition regarding Erivo playing Harriet Tubman: https://www.change.org/p/boycott-recast-a-black-american-actress-to-play-harriet-tubman

* Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall https://amzn.to/2Cb3NW2

* The post by white guy Jordan Prescott aping black slang to defend Erivo https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1044652485640687618

* Bo's two threads about this issue collected onto single pages: first https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1044181901706178560.html and second https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1041006197581774848.html

* Two Champagne Sharks episode that provide extra context to these issues, CS 112 about Luvvie http://champagnesharks.blubrry.net/cs-112-luvvie-ajayi-and-black-blackface-double-length-08-26-2018/ and CS 120 with Yvette Carnell http://champagnesharks.blubrry.net/cs-120-diasporic-divisions-feat-yvette-carnell-breakingbrown-09-29-2018/

* Issa Rae's Black sitcom photoshoot in GQ: https://www.gq.com/story/issa-rae-insecure-profile

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We welcome back returning guest Nathaniel Friedman (https://twitter.com/freedarko) and first-time guest Jesse Einhorn (https://twitter.com/silverbird5K) to discuss their recent article on NCAA basketball and other recent sports topics.

“How College Basketball’s Rule Changes Could Backfire” by Jesse Einhorn and Nathaniel Friedman https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/opinion/ncaa-basketball-rules-agents.html

“What Fresh Hell Is Barstool Sports?” by Will Leitch http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/what-fresh-kind-of-hell-is-barstool-sports.html

“Nike Nearly Dropped Colin Kaepernick Before Embracing Him” by Julie Creswell, Kevin Draper and Sapna Maheshwari https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/sports/nike-colin-kaepernick.html

Nathaniel's 2 recent Baffler articles, "Bridges to Nowhere" https://thebaffler.com/salvos/bridges-to-nowhere-friedman and "Something for Nothing" https://thebaffler.com/latest/something-for-nothing-friedman

The recent Chapo Trap House episode we discuss, "Episode 250 - Big Dickinson Energy feat. Alena Smith (10/1/18)" https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-250-big-dickinson-energy-feat-alena-smith-10118 

The 2003 Common and Mya Coke ad I mentioned which co-opted the desire for authenticity and not selling out to sell soda https://vimeo.com/156748900

"Generation Like: The Kids Sell Out (But Don't Know What That Means)" https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/generation-like-the-kids-sell-out-but-dont-know-what-1524517417 

"The Mainstreaming of Colin Kaepernick's Protest was its Destruction" by Champagne Sharks host Trevor Beaulieu https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest-trump-nfl/ 

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We have Youtube personality Taurean Reign (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoOookRnK-P0tabOv-0dDGg) on to discuss what we've dubbed Blue October, a phenomenon that started in September 2018 but is continuing to gain ground going into October: a rebellion of Black Twitter against the Black public personalities designated as the spokespeople for Black America by the White media. The latest incident is Jamilah Lemieux being dragged by Black Twitter for her consistent attacks on Black men and calling Black people "Negroids".

Discussed in this episode:

* "Black Activists Called Out for Loyalty to White Woman Appointed to Curate Hip-Hop Exhibit at African-American Museum" https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/09/24/black-activists-called-out-for-loyalty-to-white-woman-appointed-to-curate-hip-hop-exhibit-at-african-american-museum/

* "Deray McKesson Exposed at University of Chicago" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy2PjUMAks0

* "Roxane Gay: I have feared white men and I have loved them" https://www.newstatesman.com/2014/10/roxane-gay-i-have-feared-white-men-and-i-have-loved-them

* "Roxane Gay on Financial Independence: 'The Most Important Thing a Woman Can Do for Herself'" https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/money-diary-roxane-gay 

* Roxane Gay advocating for famed racist eugenicist Margaret Sanger to be put on the $20 bill https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/03/18/putting-a-woman-on-the-20-bill/roxane-gay-margaret-sanger-a-womens-fighter

* Amber Phillips rude meltdown on the Roland Martin show https://www.facebook.com/rolandsmartinfanpage/videos/10154069381867831/

* Jamilah Lemieux's original controversial tweet https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux/status/1045747713361563648

* Tariq Nasheed's first thread on Jamilah Lemieux https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1046945937585713153https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1046945937585713153; Tariq Nasheed's second thread https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1047155275415805954

* The FBI's suppression of the movie "The Spook Who Sat By the Door"

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We discuss the new Chapo Trap House book, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason https://amzn.to/2pFWyhd and the origin story of the Chapo Trap House podcast. We also cover a lot of stories in the news and some of the worst people in media and public life, and break down the Chapo Extended Universe for neophytes.

Discussed in the episode:

* John Derbyshire praising Amy Chua's Tiger Mom book https://www.johnderbyshire.com/Opinions/HumanSciences/tigermom.html; Charles Murray praising the book as well http://www.aei.org/publication/amy-chua-bludgeons-entire-generation-of-sensitive-parents-bless-her/

* "How the 'Tiger Mom' Convinced the Author of Hillbilly Elegy to Write His Story" by Caroline Kitchener https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/hillbilly-elegy-mentor/529443/

* Southpaw's tweet showing how National Review has done a 180 on Trump https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1047696035726934017

* Bret Stephens's NYT piece "For Once, I’m Grateful for Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/opinion/trump-kavanaugh-ford-allegations.html; Eli Lake praising Bret Stephens's piece https://twitter.com/EliLake/status/1047839053721358337

* The Federalist creating a petition of conservative thought leaders to send to The Washington Post demanding the firing of Jennifer Rubin as their resident conservative blogger https://twitter.com/approject/status/1047848947002294272

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Today we're joined by Yvette Carnell from Breaking Brown to discuss the relationship or lack thereof between Black American Descendants of Slaves, Caribbean Black people, and Africans, and what, if any, joint Black political vision can be forged between all these groups.

Yvette Carnell discusses politics, international and cultural issues as the founder of Breaking Brown. Her weekly videos can be found on the Breaking Brown Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/YCarnell and her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ycarnell. She can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BreakingBrown/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/breakingbrown.

Mentioned in this episode:

* The twitter conversation we mentioned of an African commentator launching into an anti-American DoS diatribe against someone after they said they disliked her politics

* Our episode on Luvvie Ajayi, which overlaps with many of the topics discussed in this episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/21114704

* A good recent article on how Black immigrants are changing the American landscape: "The Rihanna generation: How black immigrants are reshaping America" by Daniel Rivero https://splinternews.com/the-rihanna-generation-how-black-immigrants-are-reshap-1793855054

* Antonio Moore's response to Ta-Nehisi Coates's "First White President" article, "Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Wrong, Donald Trump Is Not Our First White President" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elba5h60uQE and his corresponding article on the same topic "Donald Trump isn’t our First White President and he wont be our last" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-isnt-our-first-white-president-and-he_us_59baf98ee4b02c642e4a1511

* Yvette Carnell's response to the Very Smart Brothers article about straight Black men being the White people of Black people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xc4K5UDDZs

Intro music is "DPGC Muzik" by Dogg Pound. Outro music is Mustafa by Khidja. All songs that have been or eventually will be used on this show can be found in our Champagne Sharks Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu.