Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast

WHITE CIS MEN HAVE COMMITTED MORE MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE US THAN ANY OTHER GROUP...but I'm sleep. Black people are murdered and it’s an idea for a storyboard for a rap music video without a trigger warning. Black people are not paying attention, while the world continues to kill us. We only pay attention when black cis men tell us to. Listen to them. Black cis men know what we need. And we should listen. They are geniuses. They win Pulitzers for their music without having to reckon with the misogynoir conveniently overlooked to get them there. And slavery was a choice. But, just hear him out. And he’s the King so he doesn’t give head. But he is not really Black, so it’s different. We spend hours talking through our pain from being re-traumatized and he “just wanted to make good music”. He could care less that people actually died. But but they are just destroying a Black man’s legacy. He got his money And will continue to And we will sit by and watch him dance On the tv Never at a rally And keep giving him money for the value of his meta distraction We get tired of calling him in He doesn’t listen Why talk. He’s talking. Just let him speak! Just a body on his way to fame To the white girl across the room We are just a body To be used At the cookout on 4th of July At his leisure Our pain is a joke And a moment, Not happening all the time. Join us for another episode of Hoodrat to Headwrap as we distract you from black cis men centering whiteness again (are you entertained?). Recommended Reading: Barracoon, The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston, an anthropologist and ethnographic blerd. Read this article from 2018 to better understand DJ Khaled's tweets in 2015: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/world/canada/incel-reddit-meaning-rebellion.html Episode sponsored by The Pleasure Chest https://thepleasurechest.com/educator-picks

It's business as usual in AmeriKKKa...a state of emergency has been declared in New York State yet rent is still due all the same. Black people still comprise the highest number of deaths from COVID 19 across the nation and our enemies couldn't be more visible. Dr. Armen Henderson, a black doctor in Miami was handcuffed by police for no reason while administering COVID 19 tests for the unhoused. Essential workers are making less money than ppl receiving unemployment. The rich get richer and the senators still sell stocks before impending market crashes and buy stock in teleconferencing companies, too. Being essential is not a prize when you're disposable tomorrow. Some people got shelter and places, and some people got million dollar stimulus checks. But Gavin Newsome is great tho, right? Highly Recommended Reading https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/all-but-three-people-who-died-from-covid-19-in-st-louis-were-black-2020-4%3famp https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-stimulus-checks-millionaires-wealthy-tax-break-loophole-a9466476.html?fbclid=IwAR3ijwPs712zS3Vos0RTDCKVmLFy9sm7CrbF367ZAktD4c2HxLMsc2FPdC0 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-data-reveals-blacks-are-dying-in-15205002.php?utm_campaign=CMS+Sharing+Tools+%28Desktop%29&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR3hhboaKXbdeQwJVxmsN6IfMBFhgiFzljQ4hIx_y1hF4P2Fdf_QzFIuw7E https://aeon.co/ideas/land-and-the-roots-of-african-american-poverty https://www.google.com/amp/s/ny.curbed.com/platform/amp/2020/3/27/21195216/new-york-rent-freeze-legislation-coronavirus-covid-19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/armen-henderson-arrested-homeless-coronavirus-testing.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0yauIdP7WdDCGfqRxoIcpQ9-rHWBNco1aDi3KpXAJdZNJNU6uKuSAsiNc https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2020/04/14/why-are-rich-americans-getting-17-million-stimulus-checks/?fbclid=IwAR14MNRkAY5etW8P9MuJAASE11YnGol25y6AiOXDqVnTaOTasKXPvgm36vE#5d701cf665b4 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8216965/McDonalds-China-bans-black-people-entering-fears-coronavirus.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR3eoxMMHTIw_Jj3ELQFSLpy-tFBEq5Sm9fGFarGPOc9LuxEiLr6X6hvQxk https://www.colorlines.com/articles/uspss-largely-black-and-female-workforce-rallies-save-jobs?fbclid=IwAR16zqUo3pRIK_eeRXhTlF3S_bmzLqVm0GKnoV_VmGYSCxRdDFy0n27sWJM https://www.theroot.com/in-coronavirus-economy-somehow-trumps-friends-keep-get-1842734509?fbclid=IwAR3Vfo6MQjBFJj1G37rlivlNrknoCUWYVTf-uRJmoaa03JtoQYOu95-UNsU https://www.theroot.com/we-figured-out-why-coronavirus-is-killing-black-people-1842774532?fbclid=IwAR3wisRyvlpOkYmKKrhmAyBfc-_VpfUF6CLJLbwmTTaocBXAzTOdcR1LylU https://www.theroot.com/report-black-people-are-contracting-and-dying-of-coron-1842679305?utm_campaign=The+Root&utm_content=1586025005&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3LZqEPa8Gybyfrq_yegPfGxTkpcjfM1yJzdSb89jw_elTpX4MUQKOeuQ0 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/us/coronavirus-stay-home-rich-poor.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR3RrV3rA9-h0Imc38SwO9AL7KqkhaQnsqTTMYTG2Rb2w0MOZLnNVLvYehQ https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/23/news/companies/walmart-ceo-pay/index.html https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835343965/-a-perfect-storm-extremists-look-for-ways-to-exploit-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1ExBtQkpZ4gwEp9P2utwn1hF-uma8LdDLCmlO-Jm16sSH8LbcfxPXCFGk Support: Fatima Jamal's Indiegogo Film Fund: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-fats-no-femmes#/ Pleasure Chest Employee Resource Fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/tpc-employee-fundraiser?utm_source=New+York&utm_campaign=aa6a32816a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_05_03_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bc62c5da73-aa6a32816a-119703545 Gender 101 and Racial and Social Justice Webinars available here: https://erickahart.podia.com/ Music by Benjamin Earl Turner: Apathy Happy

I know because my fascist government that sends its CIA to destabilize other countries it criticizes for not being democracies in bloody coups that kill millions of innocents all over the world while waging genocide against Black people for over 3 centuries while begging me to send $3 to a white cis man in order to save the country from another white cis man told me so...even though we don't have a direct election method and I actually vote for another random person in my state to vote for me--not the president. See you November 4th (InshAllah). Crystal Mason--A Black femme put in jail for a vote that didn't count:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/20/crystal-mason-texas-upholds-sentence-voter-suppression -The Electoral College's Racist Origins: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/electoral-college-racist-origins/601918/ -Nigeria and the movement to ENDSARS and ENDSWAT by Yinka Adegoke: https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/africa/1925513/nigerias-endsars-protests-about-much-more-than-police-brutality/amp/ -No on Prop 22: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-11-02/prop-22-is-an-act-of-desperation-by-the-gig-economy-american-economic-liberties-project-video -No North Brooklyn Pipeline: https://www.saneenergy.org/nonbkpipeline -https://www.newsweek.com/just-36-percent-black-men-think-bidens-nominating-black-woman-vp-was-good-decision-1540670 https://www.vox.com/2020/8/18/21358913/19th-amendment-ratified-anniversary-women-suffrage-vote https://theconversation.com/whose-votes-count-the-least-in-the-electoral-college-74280 Russia: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/05/opinions/russian-democracy-is-a-farce-kasparov/index.html Chilean Revolution, the CIA and Chile, the Chicago Boys by Yvette Montoya: https://hiplatina.com/what-is-happening-in-chile-is-a-revolution-not-a-protest-or-a-riot/ Chile Scrapping Pinochet-Era Constitution: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/26/927859270/chile-celebrates-voters-decision-to-scrap-constitution-start-over?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR2VoLUTrl5zTl7VN4PzNvhI9e5GjMgX6HsHe7Wc13V-C01eqUHIma_7kDs Ice Cube: https://thegrio.com/2020/10/28/ice-cube-explains-why-he-blew-off-call-with-kamala-harris/?fbclid=IwAR3RI2tU6ZJI6iWWfWkTuWdkaI__SevGbQVNXZdaHLcC-qE8DSsuboloMYE The Right to Vote and the Constitution: https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/the-right-to-vote-is-not-in-the-constitution-144531 NYPD Officers Blast “Trump 2020” over Loudspeaker in Brooklyn: https://www.newsweek.com/nypd-officers-blare-trump-2020-using-patrol-car-speakers-violation-code-1541965?fbclid=IwAR0mYk4YgF_BK0dO-xW3HqFhzanhBBwBsg7CsJrNMLXc_DW-4KXAtLhGD-U Voter Suppression:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kavanaugh-wisconsin-bush-gore/ US Ice Officers Torture Cameroonian Asylum Seekers: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/22/us-ice-officers-allegedly-used-torture-to-make-africans-sign-own-deportation-orders?fbclid=IwAR24s4e-uGD9LEWfeNEtPWIbs7jPtPtOLKBc_MMkusT8ahkMxwIox-ROkC4 -Joseph Buckley: Why the South Must Prevail: https://adamgomez.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/whythesouthmustprevail-1957.pdf -More on Electoral College: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/24/election-2020-what-electoral-college-who-picks-president/3734507001/ -https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/full-text From the Mouth of Abes (Lincoln): https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln3/1:20.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext https://www.npr.org/2020/10/29/927878184/the-13-races-that-will-determine-senate-majority?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR2CwahUNLlmPyKqE5DOrb0OlheJYHM7Dv-EtSMMEMHsoUftBYncpav3QLw Povalikhino: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54338785 Music: Apathy Happy by Benjamin Earl Turner To monetarily support Hoodrat to Headwrap Venmo @Ericka-Hart or PayPal: [email protected]

Does black love include white people (or anyone who isn't black)? We all know the answer to that. Pack a lunch---this is a long one with an extended review of Queen and Slim *SPOILER ALERT* at some point but not spoiley in beginning. Skip review if you haven't seen it yet. Highly Recommended Reading Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (available for purchase online, fuck Amazon). Register for Ericka's first live webinar-Gender 101!! December 12, 11am PST/2pm EST: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN___4Vk0cST6SS18NoWa7paA References Bechdel Test for Trans Actors https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_ca/article/7x5nje/there-wasnt-a-bechdel-test-for-trans-representation-so-i-made-one Queen and Slim Interview Links https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiewire.com/2019/11/queen-and-slim-lena-waithe-melina-matsoukas-interview-1202191741/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/why-queen-slim-star-jodie-160026506.html National Geographic predicted Americans will look like in 2050 (not 2024 or 2030* as stated in the podcast) https://www.mic.com/articles/87359/national-geographic-determined-what-americans-will-look-like-in-2050-and-it-s-beautiful Wack basketball player Patrick Patterson's anti-black statements can be found here: https://www.bet.com/news/sports/2019/11/26/clipper_s-patrick-patterson-slammed-for-referring-to-black-women.html Music-Apathy Happy by Benjamin Earl Turner Podcast sponsored by you and consider donating to Activist and Writer Gia Love's college fund https://www.gofundme.com/f/gia039s-return-to-college-fund?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&rcid=38e6d6760d8644cbbdc01cf155ab69e5 and The Marsha P. Johnson Institute at https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NzA3MDk=?fbclid=IwAR2whgNasaYmVhRi0CW_UgAbp2z3K-1UH0bKtBMqgzhxb8BHb6v6SqyrOWY Bonus:

No Pride without Black Trans Liberation and Reparations--Not Rations, Pooh. Black trans liberation, much like Black liberation and the liberation of all oppressed peoples across the globe, requires a complete redistribution and reorganization of the current power structure/status quo--is GLAAD ready? Is GLSEN ready? Are you ready? Alt episode titles: How do we respond to white violence? (aka what's the proper procedure?) Coddling of the dominant narratives and who gets permission to be tardy to the party? The faux care economy and celebrity machine--who actually cares and do we, as marginalized peoples, need them to? Hoodrat to Headwrap to Lacefront ft Elle Moxley What resistance will require of us? What does solidarity demand of us? Recommended Reading and Resources: Go see the I'm Your Venus film, executive produced by our homegirl, the artist, filmmaker, director and icon Jonovia Chase: Tix here: https://tribecafilm.com/films/i-m-your-venus-2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/arts/design/kiyan-williams-whitney-biennial-white-house.html BK's own Ms. Boogie's newest slapper, The Breakdown: https://open.spotify.com/album/1FOqdClvDEVvUajf7wjz7j Subscribe and check out: FQ Crazy, Sexy, & Cool Podcast hosted by Asia Snowden, Tabytha Gonzalez and Tempress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLxAFIKLKEc Episode dedicated in loving memory and honor of Tamir Rice Places to Support: Tamir Rice Foundation: https://www.tamirericefoundation.org/donate Within our Lifetime: https://wolpalestine.com/donate/ Marsha P Johnson Institute: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NjY0OTc Black Trans Femmes in the Arts: https://www.btfacollective.org/ Episode this month sponsored by Bookshop.org, use code PRIDE24 for 15% off select LGBTQIA+ titles For more recommended reading materials and resources, visit patreon.com/ihartericka