Looking For My People In The Black Punk Scene

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

More than a decade since B.A. Parker last dabbled in the Black punk scene, she heads to a punk a show, and remembers a question from James Spooner: "What is more liberating than a mosh pit full of smiling Black faces?" Parker talks to James about what it means to be a Black punk, creating the Afropunk Festival and its evolution, and a new anthology he co-edited called Black Punk Now.

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0:16.1	Hey everyone, Parker here.
0:19.1	Before we get into this week's episode of the show, a little bit of news.
0:22.5	Code Switch is coming to Arkansas.
0:24.2	We're going to be performing a live show in Little Rock on December 7th.
0:28.6	We'll be sharing more information about that, including where to get your tickets really soon.
0:32.7	But in the meantime, we need your help.
0:35.2	We'll have portions of the show with our famous Ask Code Switch segment,
0:39.4	where we answer listener questions about how to deal with racial questions that come up in your own life.
0:46.1	They can be silly, serious, social, personal.
0:49.7	We want to hear them all.
0:51.1	So please, send us your questions, especially if you're from Arkansas, or live in Arkansas,
0:57.3	or want to know something about racial dynamics in Arkansas.
1:00.8	My co-host and I will choose some of these questions to answer live on stage.
1:05.6	So if you want to hear our brilliant musings, reporting, and advice,
1:09.8	email us at code switch at npr.org with your questions.
1:14.1	Subject line, ask code switch.
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