Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks.  Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2.

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.