I don't know what those white people in this country feel,

but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institution.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children,

on some idealism which you assure me

exists in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge

white people about black history. I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host, Katina and

Garron. Today's topic is

cultural appropriation. We are joined by Dr. Baruti Capano. Dr. Capano is professor and department

chair of the Department of Multi-platform Production in the School of Global Journalism and

Communication at Morgan State University. He received his PhD in English,

and his research interests include popular culture, black masculinity, and African Americans in the

radio industry. And he recently co-edited the book Soul Thieves, the appropriation and

misrepresentation of African American popular culture. We hope you enjoy the discussion.

All right. so we have been just blessed to meet and have today as a guest, Dr. Baruti Capano.

And he has a book called Soul Thieves, the appropriation and misrepresentation of African-American

popular culture.

So I want to ask a couple of questions.

One, who is Baruti Copano?

Because oftentimes people will have black people in representation on their podcasts or, you know, on their

panels, and they want to know the things you do, but they don't know, want to know, like,

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