Black Agenda Radio 05.10.21

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: The US Census Bureau caused a big stir when it predicted thatAnglo Whites would become a minority of the US population by either the year 2042 or2045. But, what impact will the huge Latino immigrant influx have on racial attitudesdeep into the 21 st century? We’ll explore that question. And, the South American nationof Colombia is gripped by protest, as the US backed government attempts to impose aharsh austerity regime. We’ll hear from a Black Colombian activist.But first – the Covid-19 pandemic has worked vast changes in US life, but some thingsremain the same -- such as the fact that women still do most of the housework, andimmigrants assume much of the burden of cleaning up the country. We spoke withNicole FROI-Oh, a Colombian-Brazilian journalist and researcher who authored anarticle titled, “The Pandemic Housework Dilemma Whitewashed.”

That was journalist and researcher Nicole FROI-Oh.

Census Bureau data seem to show that white majorities will become a thing of the pastin the United States before the mid-point of the 21 st century, largely because ofcontinued immigration. However, what happens to that calculation if many of thoseimmigrants from Latin America insist on claiming to be white? Could that prolong theexistence of white majorities in this country? We posed that question to ProfessorShantee Rosado, of the Africana Studies and Latino and Caribbean Studiesdepartments at Rutgers University. Professor Rosado’s current book project is titled,“Latinxs and the Emotional Politics of Race and Blackness in the U.S.”

That was Dr. Shantee Rosado, speaking from Rutgers University.

The South American nation of Colombia, where millions of Black people have beendriven from their homes in recent decades, is in the midst of a general strike against theUS backed regime. President Ivan DOO-Kay’s police and military have killed scores ofprotesters. We spoke with Sharo Mina-Rojas, a leader of the Black CommunitiesProcess organization in Colombia, which is manning blockades of the roads near thelargely Black city of Cali.