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A look at Black politics and anti-Black politics and some creative ways of shaping political dynamics in the black community. Also, how does racism impact the Black political experience?

Table of Contents:
00:58 – What Is Politics?
01:55 – What Is Power?
03:08 – Anti-Black Politics
07:16 – Definition of Black Politics
09:19 – Definition of Racism
09:44 – Next Time…

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RECOMMENDED READINGS:
American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
https://www.amazon.com/American-Politics-African-Universal-Freedom/dp/0205079911

https://www.democracynow.org/topics/flint_water_crisis
https://www.amazon.com/American-Politics-African-Universal-Freedom/dp/0205079911https://www.amazon.com/Jeffersons-Pillow-Founding-Fathers-Patriotism/dp/0807009571/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485568773&sr=1-1&keywords=jefferson%27s+pillow

Does Diversity Make A Difference: https://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/97003B7B-055F-4318-B14A-5336321FB742/0/DIVREP.PDF

Harvard Civil Rights Project: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/04/01/brown-50-kings-dream-or-plessys-nightmare

Democracy Now! “The Yes Men Fix the World”: In New Film, Anti-Corporate Pranksters the Yes Men Continue to Jolt Polluters and Profiteers,” July 23, 2009 https://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/23/yes_men

CNN Politics, “Report: Aide says Nixon’s war on drugs targeted blacks, hippies,” March 24, 2016 https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html