Champagne Sharks

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Mike and I discuss the Prince Harry/Megan Markle engagement and the Shea Butter twitter reaction to it, and then we discuss Elon James White's miscalculation when pandering to his audience.

Discussed in this episode:

* This is YG, the artist I couldn't remember during the podcast, and the song he did with Drake I was trying to recall titled "Who Do You Love?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJ5QDYPA80

* This is the song "Spar" I was describing by Dreezy ft. 6LACK, Kodak Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=391c5nWG5-0

* Yvette Carnell's videos about Negro Whisperers. (1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrCTjuNj3A; (2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZl6D9-2pgY; (3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5gRcUAkoL8; (4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMKU5mvr0aE; (5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfEKIab6dyo

* The controversial Good Morning American tweet written by a black woman that was headlined "For many black women, Meghan Markle's engagement offers 'hope'" https://twitter.com/GMA/status/938257950342344704 and the article it linked to, now retitled: "After Meghan Markle's engagement, some are celebrating" by Joi-Marie McKenzie http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meghan-markles-engagement-black-women/story?id=51569550

* A thread I made on Twitter discussing the reactions by blue check black women in media in real time: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/935668653634347008

* The Black American woman who married an Ethiopian prince only a month prior that none of these women even cared about http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4985638/Woman-marries-Ethiopian-prince-met-nightclub.html

A collection of articles written by black women in mainstream media, as well as complilations of their online reactions that appeared. Based on these reactions, is it a reach to say these women were communicating an image of black women desperate for white validation? Is there a notable difference between "celebrating" and "being overjoyed" and finding "hope" when reading these reactions? Let us know.

* A thread I made on twitter compiling many times black media feminists actually used the word "hope" to describe the wedding:

* "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement is even more proof that black women can have their happily ever after" by Elizabeth Wellington, a black woman. Says the engagement "gives her life" http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/meghan-markle-engagement-prince-harry-race-20171127.

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Part 2 of our episode with ADouble:

Discussed in this episode:

* LL Cool J beats up a white intruder in his house in August 2012. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ll-cool-won-charged-fight-burglar-los-angeles-home-lapd-article-1.1143000. "Accidental Racist" song gets released in April 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTzRJ3cpTTI. In August 2013 it gets announced "L Cool J won't be charged in fight with burglar in his Los Angeles home: LAPD" http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ll-cool-won-charged-fight-burglar-los-angeles-home-lapd-article-1.1143000. So the timeline becomes, (1) he beats this guy up, (2) does this song after, and (3) then it gets revealed later from an LAPD spokesperson that he was still facing the possibility of charges at the time he did the song.

* Lee Daniels' issues with black people: http://clutchmagonline.com/2013/08/lee-daniels-talks-about-coming-out-but-did-he-throw-black-folks-under-the-bus/

* The Rough Night scene I mentioned with Zoe Kravitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVV9VwTRno. The scene also appears in the red band trailer for the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QGeXERzZew.

* Denzel Washington "Denzel Washington: Don't blame the prison system, 'It starts at the home'" http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/denzel-washington-don-blame-prison-system-article-1.3653432

* "Jay-Z says America is 'way more sexist than racist' during speech to young girl mid-concert" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jay-z-concert-us-sexist-racist-speech-girl-president-video-a8070851.html

* https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/halle-berry-recalls-that-adrien-brody-oscar-kiss-w496090/

* "Armie Hammer on His Steamy New Movie, a Charmed Upbringing and Oscar's "Double Standards"" by Seth Abramovitch https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/armie-hammer-his-steamy-new-movie-a-charmed-upbringing-oscars-double-stan...

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This week Adouble (https://twitter.com/OmahaHostage) from the podcast Durags and Boatshoes (Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/duragsboatshoes, Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/durags-and-boatshoes/id1014701272?mt=2 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/durags-and-boatshoes/e/ep-70-of-durags-boatshoes-49216387, Twitter: https://twitter.com/duragsboatshoes)

Discussed in this episode:

* Podcasts in Color: Directory of nonwhite podcasts run by a black woman http://podcastsincolor.com/

* My Twitter thread that got me blocked by Terry Crews, including examples of the articles I mention: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/934629682951213057

* The Worf Effect: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWorfEffect

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Adam H. Johnson comes on the show today to discuss developments in media coverage of world events and historical events. Adam is a media analyst at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (http://FAIR.org) and is the co-host of the podcast Citations Needed (https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded).

Discussed in this episode:

The opening scene from the Newsroom TV series where the main character gives an American exceptionalism speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk

"Van Jones Starts To Cry As He React To Trump's Message Blaming The Left" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmhE-fa-Xkk

An article by Evgeny Morozov discussing solutionism, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation and Morozov's book on solutionism To Solve Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism http://amzn.to/2i8CdNZ

Slavery by Another Name, the book http://amzn.to/2BDyoZp and the documentary http://amzn.to/2kgxkqa

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Joining us today is Jessa Crispin (https://twitter.com/thebookslut), author of Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto http://amzn.to/2hWkCsB. Her podcast Public Intellectual can be found here: http://www.jessacrispin.com/podcast/

Discussed in this episode:

* "Lena Dunham Slammed on Social Media for Defending Girls Writer Accused of Rape" http://people.com/tv/lena-dunham-slammed-on-social-media-for-defending-girls-writer-accused-of-rape/

* "Lena Dunham receives backlash after defending ‘Girls’ writer accused of rape" http://www.nme.com/news/tv/lena-dunham-defends-girls-writer-accused-rape-backlash-murray-miller-aurora-perrineau-2160713

* Jessa writing on the Marlon James controversy she mentions in the episode, "On pandering … and exclusivity" https://www.mhpbooks.com/123500-2/

* The Man Question:  Visions of Subjectivity in Feminist Theory by Kathy Ferguson http://amzn.to/2iTQizn

* "How to Know if Your Feminism is Intersectional" https://www.bustle.com/p/how-to-know-if-your-feminism-is-intersectional-53929

* "Filmmaker Xavier Burgin: How It Feels to Explain Nate Parker to White Hollywood" (the funny picture we mention is in this article) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmmaker-xavier-burgin-how-feels-explain-nate-parker-white-hollywood-952467

* Lauren Oyler's critique of Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist "WITH AND AGAINST: BAD FEMINISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS" http://www.bookslut.com/features/2014_12_021016.php

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Glenn Greenwald joins us to discuss his recent article about Donna Brazile and Wikileaks, "Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That Are False" https://theintercept.com/2017/11/05/four-viral-claims-spread-by-journalists-on-twitter-in-the-last-week-alone-that-are-false/

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Today senior staff writer at Politico Michael Kruse (https://twitter.com/michaelkruse) joins us to discuss his recent article about Trump supporters in Johnstown, Pennsylvania both before and after the election, "Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway." https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

Also discussed this episode:

* "Clinton Campaign Staffers Accuse Brazile Of Buying Into ‘Russian Propaganda’" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/open-letter-attack-onbrazile_us_59fe9cd1e4b0c9652fffc493

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Today is another listener question day.

Discussed in the episode:

* The documentary "The Power Principle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5If2YaLtX4 and the later documentary by the same people "Counter Intelligence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wQ9_fZ3Mc&list=PLXiMjzb_5K8MiuBz8Br4pcB9WQjDm0fo1

* My Paste article: "The Centrist Smear: The Five Steps Liberals Take to Undermine Leftist Critique" https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/the-centrist-smear-the-five-steps-liberals-take-to.html

* My Intercept article: "The Mainstreaming of Colin Kaepernick's Protest Was It's Destruction" https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest-trump-nfl/

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Today we talk about the growing proliferation of murder-suicide meltdown, terrorists and MRA types among black male community. Also, what's up with Tyrese?

Discussed in this episode:

* Doug E.Fresh's attempt in 1992 to cash in on the Hammer trend. If you read the comments to the video, people are still mad about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY36Iy1dt9g

* An example of the modern trend of rappers excusing wearing dresses due to the idea money justifies it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EenB09LACZ0. Lord Jamar on VladTV discusses the wack stuff modern rappers will justify for attention and money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HS-xVOb_Tg

* Akilah Hughes, who we discussed in episode 43, throws Donna Brazile, a fellow black liberal, under the bus for going agains the mainstream Dems, using the "cookout" language: https://twitter.com/AkilahObviously/status/926958581781614592. My thread on it: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/926981884298571777.

* Tyrese's rambling crying rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMEbCO23rw

* "Tyrese Says Will and Jada-Pinkett Smith Gave Him $5 Million To Stay Off Social Media And Pay Legal Fees" https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/11/05/will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-tyrese.html

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Today we discuss Antifa supersoldiers, are favorite leftist twitter hoaxes that the alt-right Infowars crowd has fallen for, and other conspiracy hoaxes the alt-right has believed or spread.

Discussed in this episode:

* The cushbomb thread about the RPG covered in dildos at the Den convention https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/731639494617792512?lang=en

* The infamous randygdub tweet about the absentee ballots being torn up at the Post Office https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/787902456768311296

* The fallout of the Post Office prank got so bad various governmental agencies had to eventually address it https://twitter.com/USPSHelp/status/788105012236816384 and it had to be debunked by Snopes https://www.snopes.com/postal-worker-caught-destroying-absentee-trump-ballots-in-major-swing-state/

* "La. Court Rules That Man Who Said ‘Give Me a Lawyer, Dog’ Wasn’t Asking for Counsel" http://www.theroot.com/la-court-rules-that-man-who-said-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-1820157543

* Gateway Pundit falling for the hoax http://archive.is/VSn0j. Newsweek reporting on right wingers falling for the hoax. http://www.newsweek.com/antifa-waging-civil-war-november-4-right-wing-conspiracy-theory-681219 and the fallout from when November 4 arrived and nothing happened http://www.newsweek.com/antifa-civil-war-november-4-really-just-few-protests-against-trump-702150.

* Twitter user Krang T. Nelson discussing the hoax and the fallout. "Twitter Suspended Me for Trolling White Supremacists: I tweeted what was intended as satire of a festering right-wing panic over Antifa allegedly planning violence on November 4. It got weird from there."  https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evbpkn/twitter-suspended-me-for-trolling-white-supremacists?utm_campaign=sharebutton

* Sagging pants meme with arrows pointed at the black men's butts https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/838115337354760197. Also the exaggerated sag in the racist memes that D. Mills discusses http://www.troll.me/images/sagging-pants/i-run-from-da-police-but-trips-on-p...