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Nignorance from across the diaspora. We discuss politics and pop culture from a left perspective. Enjoy and tell a friend.
Episodes
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Jason and J.G. go down a rabbit hole of classic horror inspired by moral panics of the 80s!
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Djene Bajalan discusses with Doug Lain why the left should care about what's going on with Russell Brand allegations and state sponsored censorship.
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Jason is taking a bit of break to attempt to handle some family issues, but we are blessed to have TIR Family member Kenzo Shibata step in and do a news round up about what's going on in the Windy city.
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
One of the most groundbreaking shows in the last 20 years that did a masterful job of telling stories of race and class was Aaron McGruder’s Boondocks from 2005. The show opens with one of it’s main characters, Huey Freeman, a young Black 10 year old boy who’s just been transplanted from his South Side Chicago home to live with his 8 year old brother with their grandfather in the fictional suburban town of Woodcrest. Huey is telling a captive older rich white audience that “Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan is the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11” the white audience erupts into chaotic violence from the words spoken by Huey Freeman. These words, to Huey, are the truth, and white people are never to hear the truth because according to his grandfather, “you never tell white people the truth”. The scene is just a dream, but later in the episode Huey gets a chance to utter the words again, hoping they will be the spark to start the revolution, but he is shocked to find that nothing happens. The captive audience of rich white people simply clap. They patronizingly compliment him on how well he speaks and don’t seem to fear his condemnation of the system, or his utterance of “truth”.