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Saturday, August 12, 2023

PragerU Is Not A “U” And the Continuity of Hip Hop History Remains More Important Than Ever #HipHop50 – Saturday Night OT

 





In honor of the week that’s the literal anniversary of the art form:  its ongoing necessity, in terms of being both able and willing to tell what *really* happened -- as opposed to the Floridized form when they’re feeding propaganda to schoolkids in the form of a literal cartoonized (and lying!!) Frederick Douglass impersonation -- remains its ongoing relevance 


So there’s ^^  the propaganda, and here (for those with the time and the spoons) is some actual history

The Half Has Never Been Told:  Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism


 

 

For good or ill, what happens in the Bronx – or alternatively, in Florida – doesn’t just stay in the BX or in Florida

 



Sesame Street is in NYC, bbs




I have a lot of classic favorites but I am gonna have to include Gina Yashere in my new ones as she is both wise and hilarious






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