The Black Studies podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Hosted by Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski at University of Maryland, our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.
11:38 this is the problem with African American/black studies. It’s too broad with no real meaning. Black Americans should not be bunch up with Africans and melanated people it’s racist and ignorant. It also creates confusion amongst the youth creating ethnic confusion and insecurity.
As someone who went back to school in my 40's and earned my BA in Africana Studies and my Th.M in Black Theology at 58. I went to a public State University for my Undergrad and my Masters from a HBCU. I learned theory and practice that was always centered in the Black community.
I appreciate this podcast and this guest, esp the tall of language being at the root. A couple questions I have as a 2nd yr undergrad majoring in black studies but currently at a community College : 1. Can you bring on guests to talk about black studies at the community college level, not just at the university level? 2. Imuoir episode with Dr CBS, she mentioned the dirth of black studies programs that have a strong focus on political economy. I would like to get a ph. D. How do I compare programs? And how important should my consideration be of faculty possessing a degree in black studies or not? I would like to get a degree from folks who got their degree in it.. Apologies if this is the wrong place to be asking these questions. I'm literally the only student in yhe black studies program at my school so I don't really know who to ask
Very nice podcast. This is a great idea. But I am a bit confused about the differences between Black Studies, African-American Studies, and Africana Studies at universities in the US. I live in Rhode Island and am somewhat familiar with the Africana Studies Department at Brown University. This department has gone through several name changes since the 1980s. I don’t think it was ever named Black Studies. The current incarnation seems to be very much focused on Africa and the Caribbean with very little emphasis on Black Americans. Could someone please respond to this comment. Thanks.
Africana is supposed to mean all african people. African American is basically the last 400 years. African American and African studies depends bt at Mt school it's kinda 2 Separate dept, one African, one African American. And then black studies...good question. But names, regionally, the east coast tends to be named africana and have connections to carribbean due to geography, but brown is of special note, it's very tied to the university of West indies and they got Paget Henry over there. In the west coast, ethnic studies (asain/latinx/native/Black Studies) has more of a history and sonblack studies is one of the ethnic studies variants.
It’s because black American culture is being culturally genocided by “blackness” and immigrants are coming into the universities just discovering blackness and redefining it, because they aren’t black in their countries because they don’t have to be because they are majority black. African American connection is America and America only. Immigrants have hijacked blackness.
People could be anti black all they want on here but the sec I bring up wh17e 5upr3mac7 or the big "O" word my comment gets struck down like I got accused of SA a "fair" woman. it justs gets me so tight
We are slaves/prisoners after all. They banned the drum centuries ago, They banned Language, They ban AAVE. We know they will ban anything that sheds light on their inhumane system.
Yall should get "Lil Bill" the youtuber or F.D signifier on here. They are giants in the youtube community talking on "black stuff"(as a guest called it the other day.) I think it would make great conversations and would help provide better outreach towards the youth and laymen
@@Jamluji they aren’t vloggers. They are video essayist who voice has a much bigger audience educating the public on black issues rather than this podcast where I’m the only person who comments regularly. The talented tenth ain’t saving shi if they only hole themselves up among their peers
@@wisdometernallifethroughveins Not everything is for mass appeal. At some point, the ones who seek true knowledge will look hard enough and find it. Nobody needs to spoon feed people info. If you are oppressed enough and serious about Liberation, you will find the correct info. But it will not be served up on a platter with fancy graphics and watered down language. Even when you look back in old times, certain info wasn't for everyone. Now, it is YOUR job to share this info and synthesize it to the masses. Your idea, your responsibility.
@@Jamluji good luck in your goal keeping the black population uneducated, seems real noble. Look how far it’s taken us, I still get hounded by police when I walk to the library so it seems you’re doing well on your path
@@Jamluji sorry can’t have an educated talk on this, my comments get deleted with any word talking about “problems we face”. But I firmly disagree. Might as well look in the past and notice you’re copying the same failed methods
Yall should add a question asking about the progression of Black Liberation rather than just Black studies. I have noticed through listening to all these figures in the field that much of the work being done is amazing but doesn't feel as though its leading us toward the true liberation we seek.
All these scholars really need to be reevaluated. This generic blackness is not a real thing. It’s an about culture and ethnicity. I find immigrants are the main group muddying and confusing “blackness”. Clearly put…. Blackness is uniquely American, because we are an ethnic group. FOUNDATIONAL BLACK AMERICANS. This professor is Jamaican not black, although she grew up in Black Culture
Blackness is not uniquely American, race occurs throughout every single Pan-African country because it was instilled on them. Malcom X wouldn't have called upon his "Black brothers" from Africa, the middle east, and the Carribean in his speeches if they weren't. Is Malcom not black because he was Jamaican? Blackness is a common culture shown throughout the world because the white Oligarchies from Europe and Americas oppressed all people of African descent. The chains of blackness placed upon our enslaved Ancestors are the same chains that link us together today
@@wisdometernallifethroughveins that’s a moot point. In these countries the “black people” group themselves into warring tribes and distinguished identities. In America however black is an ethnic group of people. That’s unique in its own. In Jamaica and nigeria being “black” means nothing until they come to America. PS. Malcolm father was a black American.
@@RH_DB I'm not gonna educate you because you're clearly either very misguided or a white supremacist behind a screen. Your blantent disrespect of Black scholars in their own field and racist dogwhistles didnt go unnoticed. Go read heart of Darkness or something
@@RH_DB I'm not gonna educate you, you're either extremely miseducated or a pig in a hood behind a screen. Discrediting accomplished Black scholars in their own field and your use of dog whistles didn't go unnoticed. Go read Heart of darkness and kick rocks
