CS 120: Diasporic Divisions feat. Yvette Carnell (@breakingbrown) (09/29/2018) (Patreon)

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Today we're joined by Yvette Carnell from Breaking Brown to discuss the relationship or lack thereof between Black American Descendants of Slaves, Caribbean Black people, and Africans, and what, if any, joint Black political vision can be forged between all these groups. 

Yvette Carnell discusses politics, international and cultural issues as the founder of Breaking Brown. Her weekly videos can be found on the Breaking Brown Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/YCarnell and her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ycarnell. She can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BreakingBrown/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/breakingbrown.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The twitter conversation we mentioned of an African commentator launching into an anti-American DoS diatribe against someone after they said they disliked her politics
• Our episode on Luvvie Ajayi, which overlaps with many of the topics discussed in this episode https://www.patreon.com/posts/21114704 
• A good recent article on how Black immigrants are changing the American landscape: "The Rihanna generation: How black immigrants are reshaping America" by Daniel Rivero https://splinternews.com/the-rihanna-generation-how-black-immigrants-are-reshap-1793855054 
• Antonio Moore's response to Ta-Nehisi Coates's "First White President" article, "Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Wrong, Donald Trump Is Not Our First White President" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elba5h60uQE and his corresponding article on the same topic "Donald Trump isn’t our First White President and he wont be our last" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-isnt-our-first-white-president-and-he_us_59baf98ee4b02c642e4a1511 
• Yvette Carnell's response to the Very Smart Brothers article about straight Black men being the White people of Black people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xc4K5UDDZs 

Intro music is "DPGC Muzik" by Dogg Pound. Outro music is Mustafa by Khidja. All songs that have been or eventually will be used on this show can be found in our Champagne Sharks Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5emXF3iqhZLU6IuszSRvun 

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)