Greatest Hits: The Political Economy of Blackness and Boxing / Gerald Horne

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Historian Gerald Horne on the intertwined histories of boxing and Black men under the long reach of slavery, White supremacy and capitalist exploitation in the American 20th century, and his book The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the Political Economy of Boxing from International Publishers. Please show your appreciation for completely listener-supported This is Hell! by becoming a Patreon patron at patreon.com/thisishell

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0:17.0	Cornbread say I come from the wedge you'll Lewis was gone.
0:27.0	Lord I know a seag.
0:33.0	Lord I never tell.
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0:38.0	Lord I know was scared.
0:45.0	Oh, I'm gonna. This is hell.
0:55.0	Hell. Coming to you from Second Story Studios above Cary's lounge at 2251 West Devon Avenue in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood.
1:15.0	It's Monday, August 7th.
1:18.0	I'm Will Ippin, producer on This Is Hell, filling in again for Chuck Merts.
1:23.0	That's right.
1:25.0	All you listeners are on your second week,
1:28.0	settling for my voice while Chuck and his family are on their annual
1:32.0	and hopefully restorative accident-free trip in northern Michigan's lake country.
1:38.8	Little news from the cabin at the lake has reached me in the past week.
1:45.0	Other than the lack of internet connectivity,
1:48.0	enjoy it while you can, truck and company.
1:51.0	I assume this lack of noons means that everybody is vibing appropriately.
1:58.8	What did I do this weekend?
2:01.7	Aside from picking a boatload of squash and a lot of pruning in my happy community
2:09.0	garden plot up on Howard Street, I went to a very interesting screening at Chicago's
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