S E1248: In Class with Carr, Ep. 248: “Play the Game or Tell the Truth?”

This Is Karen Hunter

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Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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December 5th marked the centennial birthday of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe of Azania [South Africa], the revolutionary Pan Africanist founder of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania and one of the most impactful thinkers, organizers and voices of the 20th century. The day was marked by retrospectives in South Africa and in other places across the world, including at Sankofa Video and Books in Washington, DC. But Sobukwe has not been remembered as he should anywhere, including in his home country. There has been a long and dedicated attempt by South Africa to erase his memory and not fully integrate him at the deepest and most enduring levels of state memory. His crime? Unwavering, principled struggle for Africa and Africans, in service of greater humanity. Can this type of stance ever not be met with opposition within African governance formations? What lessons can we learn from the example of Sobukwe that can be applied to our contemporary struggles to build a better society? What happens when we choose to tell the truth, even as we play the game?

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0:00.0	this is karen hunter and welcome to in class with car this is a space where during the pandemic
0:07.7	we imagined what it would look like to teach a class online that would be for the world and it
0:14.4	started with a simple question can i press record it was a question that i asked of the people's professor
0:19.9	dr gray car At the time,
0:22.0	he was the head of Africana Studies at Howard University. He's still teaching the world. And in this
0:26.8	space, we have been going strong since 2020. And it has been amazing. So tune in to In Class
0:33.8	with Carr. And thank you for joining us. You can follow us by the way at
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0:58.4	I'll say good everything.
1:04.0	You're recovering from still from last week, huh?
1:04.5	How did he go?
1:07.3	It was better than I expected.
1:14.0	And also it made me have a tremendous amount of respect for my grandmothers. Ooh, facts, facts.
1:15.7	Come on that.
1:16.6	My mama, I said it on the air, like, my mother, we're talking China, crystal, silverware, all the dishes, you know.
1:27.0	We say all the dishes. And know. We say all the dishes.
1:29.3	And then.
1:30.2	No rentals, son.
1:31.5	Nothing.
1:32.9	And then the cleanup.
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