Champagne Sharks

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This episode we talk about several things, particularly my "Straight, Single and Smashing" theory of Black (and other nonwhite) male characters in action and drama movies and shows. Then we segue into the new wave of articles involving coining catchy dating trends.

Mentioned in this episode:

* "Mosting’: When People Come On Strong, Then Ghost" https://melmagazine.com/mosting-when-people-come-on-strong-then-ghost-cafec9b78254

* "8 2017 Dating Trends Defined, From Ghosting To Zombieing To Benching" https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/dating-trends-defined-from-ghosting-to-zombieing/2045686

* "From ghosting to breadcrumbing, the new glossary of love" https://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/from-ghosting-to-breadcrumbing-the-new-glossary-of-love/story-u90mzJPhZcfoU1gQqP02OM.html

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)

Today we discuss a theme that has obsessively been plaguing the Champagne Sharks Curious Cat (the site people go to to ask questions that we answer on the show), my supposed views on interracial dating and the fact my wife is of Indian descent. You can find the Champagne Sharks Curious Cat here: https://curiouscat.me/champagnesharks.

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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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This episode we talk about an array of things, with a common theme being (I guess) light-skinned energy. We discuss Luke Cage Season 2, Drake's new album, Eddie Murphy vs. Martin Lawrence in terms of standup comedy, and the latest developments with Terry Crews testifying before Congress.

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)

 

Today Mike and I discuss a weird array of topics from Taye Diggs's dating life to white people's weird porn fixations, including the genre known as "pussy pump" porn:

Mentioned in this episode

* Event page for live interview at Starr Bar between NYS Senate candidate Julia Salazar and Virgil Texas from Chapo Trap House https://salazarforsenate.com/events/virgil-texas-interview

* "Taye Diggs Says No One Told Him the Entertainment Biz Was Racist" http://atlantablackstar.com/2018/06/22/taye-diggs-says-no-one-told-him-the-entertainment-biz-was-racist/

* "Taye Diggs Says It's Hard To Date White Women Again Because Black Women Caused Him Trauma" https://www.essence.com/celebrity/taye-diggs-dating-white-women-resents-black-women

* "Taye Diggs denies comments slandering black women" http://blackyouthproject.com/taye-diggs-denies-comments-slandering-black-women/

* Film Daily article: "WTF is “blavity black” and why are Issa Rae and Donald Glover accused of it?"

* The book When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson https://amzn.to/2NluMS1

* The book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein https://amzn.to/2u2JuUR

* The book The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran https://amzn.to/2u1VbeK

* Intercept article on NY State Senate candidate Julia Salazar https://theintercept.com/2018/07/03/julia-salazar-state-senate-new-york-dsa/; Julia Salazar's campaign site: https://salazarforsenate.com/

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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)_

Today Benny Halevi (http://twitter.com/Benny_Carefully) joins us to talk about Jewish people who complain about people using the term "concentration camps" to describe Trump's ICE imprisonment centers. From there we end up talking about Jewish and Black political struggles, particularly how they're similar and different.

Discussed in this episode:

* Ijeoma Oluo's thread defending Jewish people who take issue with using the term concentration camp for ICE centers https://twitter.com/IjeomaOluo/status/1008844937561948162

* Matt Bruenig's "Identitarian Deference" article http://mattbruenig.com/2013/02/26/what-does-identitarian-deference-require/

* A thread breaking down the infamous Feminista Jones medical rape debacle that occurred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattsMentions/status/645363122711072768

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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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A few minutes into the episode my mic switches from the usual standalone mic to the built-in laptop, so the sound quality drops suddenly on my audio. Sorry. We just shoot the shit for an hour, mostly about Nas and fried chicken.

Discussed in this episode:

* Nas-Backed Sweet Chick Opening Another Spot in Prospect Heights https://ny.eater.com/2017/7/19/15998200/sweet-chick-prospect-heights

* Sweet Chick is coming to Queens, co-owner Nas’ childhood home https://www.amny.com/eat-and-drink/nas-sweet-chick-queens-1.14989225

* Nas Partners With Sweet Chick Restaurants In NYChttps://www.vibe.com/2015/06/nas-sweet-chick/

* A profile of the Sweet Chick founder: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/realestate/williamsburg-loft-of-john-seymour-restaurateur.html

* Video of Nas giving Gwyneth Paltrow a pass for saying "nigga" and saying she's a "real nigga"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkI4Y75-WqI

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording CoSeattle WA

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This is an episode where we dropped so much game we decided to make it double length. We considered breaking it up into two parts but decided to keep it as it was. We discuss Bree Newsome, the woman who made a name for herself taking down the Confederate flag in South Carolina following Dylann Roof's shooting, and how in a recent series of tweets she has changed her focus to Black male patriarchy now that she has a platform.

Discussed in this episode:

* The Slumflower clip where she went to the BBC to tell them how awful Black men are to Black women: https://twitter.com/BBCWomansHour/status/1004232866677579776

* The two Bree Newsome threads that we discuss: https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1004800085086097408; https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1005201819545595904

* My thread about Bree Newsome's anti-Black male tweets: https://twitter.com/ChampagneSharks/status/1005188224497668097

* The statement article from Bree Newsome on why she and a White man were chosen to remove the flag: http://archives.bluenationreview.com/exclusive-bree-newsome-speaks-for-the-first-time-after-courageous-act-of-civil-disobedience/

* Examples of White people interjecting into Black arguments to trash Black men using Black feminist talking points https://twitter.com/TaraJeanne/status/1005127987430350848; https://twitter.com/abfabsabs/status/1005143552735698945;https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1005096544335482880

* The tweet where someone claims Black slave women created feminism: https://twitter.com/SydneyA/status/1005549283414814720

* The funny tweet we describe making fun of how some White men only care about Black women's problems when the problem is Black men: https://twitter.com/Bibliobabble/status/980548182248652801

* List of supposed Black male privileges: https://twitter.com/Commandr_nchief/status/911222589598683137

* A paper by Valethia Watkins describing how modern intersectional feminists try to retroactively turn all Black women of historical note into intersectional feminists, "Contested Memories: A Critical Analysis of the Black Feminist Revisionist History ...

Today we're joined by Tana Ganeva to discuss the case of Alice Johnson, the nonviolent drug offender Kim Kardashian got Donald Trump to pardon. Tana Ganeva is a reporter covering criminal justice, drugs, politics and gun violence. Her work has been featured in the the Washington Post, Intercept, Glamour, Rolling Stone, and Gothamist. She's also a Senior editor at the Raw Story and can be reached at [email protected]

Discussed in this episode:

* Tana’s story on Alice Johnson's pardon: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/06/alice-johnson-im-looking-forward-to-holding-and-rocking-my-twin-grandchildren/

* Tana’s previous stories on Alice Johnson: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/meet-62-year-old-woman-kim-kardashian-wants-save-dying-prison-nonviolent-drug-offense/ and https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/continue-fight-desperate-prisoner-prays-pity-trump-kim-kardashian-lobbies-white-house-prison-reform/

* Tana's NRA story: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/american-gun-culture-solutions-w519710

* Alice Johnson in her own words: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/opinions/clemency-for-alice-johnson-kim-kardashian-to-trump-opinion/index.html

* Van Jones interviewing Kim Kardashian about the pardon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUTCLL4_ng

* Van Jones a few weeks ago already announced he is working with the White House on Prison Reform himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6nXrhCheA

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Today we have on Nathaniel Friedman to discuss the topic of NBA's poor track record on social issues including race in the area of state violence and class in the form of the labor movement. Nathaniel Friedman is a columnist at GQ and a co-founder of the long-defunct blog FreeDarko.

Mentioned in this episode:

* "Superstar Power" by Nathaniel Friedman https://thebaffler.com/latest/superstar-power-friedman-einhorn

* The Mainstreaming of Colin Kaepernick's Protest Was Its Destruction by Trevor Beaulieu https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/20/craig-hodges-michael-jordan-nba-chicago-bulls

* "Craig Hodges: 'Jordan didn't speak out because he didn't know what to say'" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/20/craig-hodges-michael-jordan-nba-chicago-bulls

* Michael Jordan bad fashion blog http://wtfismikewearing.tumblr.com/

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co

Seattle WA

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Today we talk about the implications of Drake doing blackface and wearing a blackface line of clothing to boot. Also we end up descending into pure gossip for a large chunk of the show.

Mentioned in this episode:

* My twitter thread about Drake's blackface: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/1002201972190208000

* Robert Littal of Black Sports Online reporting on Drake's scandal, "Is The Porn Star’s Baby Really Drake’s Kid? How are James Harden & Iman Shumpert Involved; Who Snitched & Gave The Info to Pusha T? You Have Questions, I Have The Answers.." http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2018/06/asap-rocky-is-big-mad-on-twitter-after-being-exposed-for-allegedly-leaking-drakes-baby-info-to-pusha-t-being-one-of-the-5-potential-fathers-of-the-porn-stars-son-photos/

* The photo accompanying the story http://blacksportsonline.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Drake-sad-800x445.jpg

* Robert Littal's followup story "ASAP Rocky is BIG MAD on Twitter After Being Exposed For Allegedly Leaking Drake’s Baby Info to Pusha T & Being One of The 5 Potential Fathers of The Porn Star’s Son (Photos)" http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2018/06/asap-rocky-is-big-mad-on-twitter-after-being-exposed-for-allegedly-leaking-drakes-baby-info-to-pusha-t-being-one-of-the-5-potential-fathers-of-the-porn-stars-son-photos/

* Drake's statement claiming the blackface act was a type of social commentary about racism he was experiencing in Canada: https://twitter.com/search?q=drake%20statement&src=typd

* Drake claiming in an earlier story that he never experienced racism in Canada: "Drake Says He Only Experienced Racism After Coming to America After Fame: ‘I Never Really Notice Color’" http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/02/21/drake-says-grammy-wins-rap-categories-make-feel-alienated/

* The creator of Too Black Guys, the makers of the Jim Crow Couture line, explaining his upbringing, including being the only black kid in a white area of Canada and having a Jamaican single mother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tpVmevX278

* Jamie Foxx and Karrine Steffans on Foxxhole Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjULVJOkqsg