Black White and Blue in the South

Weaponized Ignorance (with Anjene “AJ” Davis)


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We’re excited to speak with education and civil rights activist Anjene “AJ” Davis! Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, AJ is the founder of the Lowcountry Black Parents Association and co-founder of Pro-Truth South Carolina.

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Opening (0:00:00)Introduction (00:00:41)
  • Tizzy Ent video about Elon Musk’s son & the Oval Office press conference (TikTok)
  • Did Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son tell Trump to ‘shush your mouth’? The internet is divided (The Straits Times)
  • Philadelphia Eagles Fight Song (N2B Goal Horns on YouTube)
  • President Donald Trump visits with family of Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes at Super Bowl LIX (Miami Herald)
  • WH Press Secretary calls Canada 51st state (DailyMail)
  • Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare (The Guardian)

Your SC Representatives at Work (00:16:37)
  • Rep Jeff Bradley: We spend too much on public schools and have terrible results (video from FABB Beaufort on Instagram)
  • SC has 5.5 million people. Right next to us is Minnesota with 5.8 million. (Wikipedia)
  • Minnesota spends $15.7B and is ranked #17 in education (US News & World Report)
  • Trump order boosts school choice, but there’s little evidence vouchers lead to smarter students or better educational outcomes (The Conversation)

Interview with Anjene “AJ” Davis (00:33:03)
  • AnJene Davis’s TikTok
  • LowCountry Black Parents Association (thelbpa.org)
  • ProTruth South Carolina (protruthsc.org)
  • Democracy Forward (democracyforward.org)
  • GoFundMe for AJ Davis heart transplant
  • Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class by Lawrence Otis Graham (Goodreads)
  • Certain People: America's Black Elite by Stephen Birmingham (Goodreads)
  • South Carolina School Improvement Council (sc-sic.org)
  • South Carolina's Corridor of Shame (ArcGIS StoryMaps)

Closing (1:15:20)

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