Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: There are many obstacles to Black American liberation. We’llspeak with a young writer and activist who says one of the primary impediments to amore powerful liberation movement is the Black elite, whose main goal is to prosperunder capitalism. And, we’ll take a look at the life and work of Audre Lorde, the poet andBlack feminist thinker.
But first – Transgender people attempting to migrate to the United States have a difficulttime, especially if they’re Black. A young woman who goes by the name Deborah “A” isa national organizer for the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project – or, “BLMP,” for short.Deborah “A” says the BLMP works through regional networks across the country.
That was Deborah “A”, of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project.
It’s bad enough that Black liberation movements have always encountered massivewhite American hostility, but elite sectors of Black America have often opposed massBlack street action. Kandist Mallett is a columnist for Teen Vogue magazine. She’sauthor of a recent column titled, “The Black Elite Are an Obstacle Toward BlackLiberation.”
That was writer and activist Kandist Mallet.
Jack Turner is a professor of political science at the University of Washington, and co-editor of the book, “African American Political Thought: A Collected History.” Turner’scontribution to that collection is a chapter titled, “Audre Lorde’s Politics of Difference.”It’s a rich subject. Audre Lorde was an important Black poetic and feminist luminary whowas New York State Poet Laureate in the last years of her life. Professor Turner says Lorde clashed directly with President Reagan when the U.S. invaded the Caribbeannation of Grenada, in 1983.
Professor Jack Turner, speaking from the University of Washington.
With U.S. media describing the past 12 months as the “worst year ever,” imagine if youwere locked up in even closer confines, with no defense against Covid-19 for a solidyear. Long term Pennsylvania prison inmate Segio Hyland filed this report for PrisonRadio.
And, here’s another report from a Prison Radio correspondent – TabithaMaynerd, incarcerated in Michigan.
