I’m white, but I made an attempt.
Script read by Viga Lovhaug
Title Card: Liz Keiser https://www.elizabethkeiser.net/
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Black YouTubers who are cooler than I:
Princess Weekes: https://www.youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes
F.D.Signifier: https://www.youtube.com/@FDSignifire
Kat Blaque: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxFWzKZa74SyAqpJyVlG5Ew
Olurnatti: https://www.youtube.com/@olurinatti
AngieSpeaks: https://www.youtube.com/@AngieSpeaks
T1J: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCajw8zd6DPpXOuF6d22Fjkw
Bibliography:
Crash Course: Black American History https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNYJO8JWpXO2JP0ezgxsrJJ
“Black Cops Won’t Save Us Either” By F.D. Signifier
13th Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8
Evolution of Law Enforcement by PBS Origins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flx67DzLgUU
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha Womack
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Nationalism and National Projects in Southern Africa: New Critical Reflections by Finex Ndhlovu (2013)
Garretts & Pretenders: A History of Bohemianism in America by Albert Parry (1933)
“Africa As an Alien Future”: The Middle Passage, Afrofuturism, and Postcolonial Waterworlds” by Ruth Mayer
“Aspects of Pan-Africanism” by Robert Chrismas
“Between Colorblind and Colorconscious: Contemporary Hollywood Films and Struggles Over Racial Representation” by Jason Smith
“Can You Save Me?: Black Male Superheroes in Hollywood Film” by Tia C. M. Tyree and Liezille J. Jacobs
“Creating and Imagining Black Futures Through Afrofuturism” by Grace Gipson
“Dark of the World, Shine on Us: The Redemption of Blackness in Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther” by George Faithful
“Dubois’ Pan-Africanism, a Reconsideration” by Daniel Walden
“Further Considerations on Afrofuturism” by Kodwo Eshun
“Pan-Africanism and African Governments” by Claude Ake
“Pan-Africanism” by George Bennett
“Pan-Africanism” by Rupert Emerson
“Pan-Africanism” by Imanuel Geiss
“Power Shift” by Barbara Robertson
“Race and Sexuality in Nalo Hopkinson’s Oeuvre; or Queer Afrofuturism” by Amandine H. Faucheux
“The Robot Voodoo Power Thesis: Afrofuturism and Anti Anti-Essentialism from Sun Ra to Kool Keith” by J. Griffith Rollefson
“The Ships Landed Long Ago: Afrofuturism and Black SF” by Mark Bould
“Toward a Planetary History of Afrofuturism” by Sofia Samatar
“What Black Panther Means to Black Boys and Girls” by Stereo Williams https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-black-panther-means-to-black-boys-and-girls?via=twitter_page
“The Revolutionary Power of Black Panther” by Jamil Smith https://time.com/black-panther/
“Black Panther is a Gorgeous, Groundbreaking Celebration of Black Culture” by Tre Johnson https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/2/23/17028826/black-panther-wakanda-culture-marvel
“Marvel Studios’ Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Full Statement on the Legacy of Chadwick Boseman” by Ryan Coogler https://www.marvel.com/articles/movies/marvel-studios-black-panther-director-ryan-coogler-on-the-legacy-of-chadwick-boseman
“Black Panther and the Far-Right” by Becca Lewis and Kinjal Dave https://medium.com/@MediaManipulation/black-panther-and-the-far-right-e83facb735bb
“What is Afrofuturism?” by Shantay Robinson https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-is-afrofuturism-180982154/
“From Beyonce to Black Panther: Why Has Afrofuturism Become Such a Popular Cultural Movement in the United States?” by Iker Seisdedos https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-09-11/from-beyonce-to-black-panther-why-has-afrofuturism-become-such-a-popular-cultural-movement-in-the-united-states.html
“World of Afrofuturism” by PBS https://www.pbs.org/video/afrofantastic-n5yggg/
“Power Up: Janelle Monae, Afrofuturism, and Plurality” by Robert Loss https://www.popmatters.com/176055-power-up-janelle-monae-afrofuturism-and-plurality-2495713993.html
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