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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

262) Dr. Jared Ball: Critically examining impact over optics in support of Black liberation

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Kaméa Chayne

Earth Sciences, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.8694 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Dr. Jared Ball is a Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University and the founder and curator of imixwhatilike.org which is a multimedia hub of emancipatory journalism and revolutionary beat reporting. He is also the author of the new book, The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Ball sheds light on how the state and corporate worlds have shaped our educational institutions and the subject areas getting the most funding; how this myth of Black buying power has been used to blame Black communities for their poverty based on squandered economic opportunity; and more.

 

Featured music: Fight for You by Raye Zaragoza

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we'd love to get your direct support so we can keep diving into these critical discussions,

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often sidelined by mainstream media.

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slash support. And if you are a current or past supporter, I see you and we are so grateful.

1:25.7

Thank you so much.

1:28.4

The way I maintain focus for myself and in an attempt to argue with others is to look at

1:35.6

the material conditions of the people in whatever society or whatever group is being discussed.

1:42.2

So I care much less about the diversity of representation than I do about

1:47.5

the distribution of wealth and resources created in society.

1:50.7

That was Dr. Jared A. Ball, who is a father and a husband. After that, he is a professor

2:00.7

of communication studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore

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