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March 9, 2021: “SPRING is About to be SPRUNG!”

YOUR META WELCOMES YOU TO THE YEAR TWENTY-AUGHT-TWENTY AND ONE!

 

 

Welcome to another year of hope, relevance, relief, self-awareness and SELF-CARE-NESS! We've brought you:




PARABLE OF THE (STORY-)TELLER


SOMETHING DIFFERENT: ALEXANDER MILES


MEET: MICHAELA COEL....


THE REPAIR REVOLUTION CONCLUDES!




AND we're still serving up music, mindful, and META: ALLLLL the things YOUR BLACK META does with PASSION AND PANACHE!



PLUS: THIS SATURDAY, WE GON' SAY. HER. NAME.



 
 
 
 
 
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WORDSofWISDOM&RELEVENCE



Still taken from Democracy Now! "Top News of March 8, 2021" clip, via YouTube, by beetle bailey.







FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO


  • No credits for this segment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE SPRUCE


  • Thespruce.com





SOMETHING DIFFERENT 
 
 
  • https://www.invent.org › inductees › alexander-miles Alexander Miles. Improved Method for Opening and Closing Elevators. US Patent No. 371,207. Inducted in 2007. https://www.blackpast.org › african-american-history Jan 4, 2018 — Born near Circleville, Ohio to Michael Miles and Mary Pompy, Alexander Miles is the 19th Century African-American inventor known best for patenting his design for improving the automatically opening and closing elevator doors. The patent was issued on October 11, 1887 (U.S. Patent 371,207). Died: May 7, 1918
  • History.com- " 8 Black Inventors who make daily life easier" - Alexander Miles
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-TOWN NEWS


  • The Almanac 
 
 
 
 
 
MINDFUL MUSEUM
 
 
  • Reading & Discussion of Book. "REPAIR REVOLUTION - How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture" John Wackman & Elizabeth.





beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links




(Re)Sources for “Meta on the Meta: Parable of the (Story-)Teller” and “Black X-Files: Meet: Michaela Coel....” 



Multimedia

  1. "Remembering Octavia Butler: Black Sci-Fi Writer Shares Cautionary Tales In Unearthed 2005 Interview." Democracy Now, Youtube. [15:39] As Democracy Now! marks 25 years on the air, we are revisiting some of the best and most impactful moments from the program’s history, including one of the last television interviews given by the visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler. She spoke to Democracy Now! in November 2005, just three months before she died on February 24, 2006, at age 58. Butler was the first Black woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards for science-fiction writing and the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur “genius” fellowship. Her best-known books include the classics “Kindred,” as well as “Parable of the Sower” and “Parable of the Talents” — two-thirds of a trilogy that was never finished. Her work inspired a new generation of Black science-fiction writers, and she has been called “the Mother of Afrofuturism.” Her 2005 interview with Democracy Now! took place shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and as President George W. Bush was overseeing the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When asked how she set out to become a science-fiction writer when there were so few examples of Black women working in the genre, Butler said she never doubted her abilities. “I assumed that I could do it,” she said. “I wasn’t being brave or even thoughtful. I wanted it. And I assumed I could have it.”  #DemocracyNow​  Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. February 23, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UgiE8vYuI
  2. "Michaela Coel on Turning Down a Million Dollar Deal with Netflix | Edinburgh TV Festival." Edinburgh Television Festival, Youtube. [10:00] I May Destroy You actress, writer and director Michaela Coel discusses Chewing Gum series 2, growing in the television industry and her decision to decline a million-dollar deal for I May Destroy You to keep the copyright. August 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6djGzYMjBk





Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. None for this week.


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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_orientation#Aromanticism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief#Justified_true_belief
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_knowledge
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Female_Comedy_Performance
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_Gum_(TV_series)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Girl_from_Mars
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_research
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_May_Destroy_You
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_responsibility
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_rigor
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_virtue
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(epistemology)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindred_(novel)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith%27s_Brood
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellowship
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_Coel
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Sower_(novel)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patternist_series
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecking_order
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour#Intellectual_rigour
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_ethics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Responsibility_of_Intellectuals
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgment
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience




[Referenced / resourced, but not aired]

Multimedia


  1. "adrienne maree brown: Octavia Butler’s Visions of the Future Have Transformed Generation of Readers." Democracy Now, Youtube. [6:19] The visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler died 15 years ago on February 24, 2006, but her influence and readership has only continued to grow since then. In September, Butler’s novel “Parable of the Sower” became her first to reach the New York Times best-seller list. We speak with adrienne maree brown, a writer and Octavia Butler scholar, who says Butler had a remarkable talent for universalizing Black stories. “She wrote about Black women and about Black feminism, about Black futures, but she wrote in a way that appealed to all human beings,” says brown.  #DemocracyNow​  Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. February 23, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82o0yb4ebpo
  2. 'Michaela Coel - “I May Destroy You” & Writing About Sexual Assault |The Daily Social Distancing Show.' The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Youtube. [8:18] Michaela Coel discusses the inspiration behind her show “I May Destroy You,” the importance of telling sexual assault stories and the definition of consent. August 11, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXDu90hbWbg
  3. "Michaela Coel | James MacTaggart Lecture | Edinburgh TV Festival 2018." Edinburgh Television Festival , Youtube. [53:17] “I am overjoyed to accept this invitation; it seems in some way a celebration of the rapidly changing world we live in. But with the constant reshaping of our technological and political world comes a growing need to shine a light and be vigilant rather than complacent about the future of our industry. I feel honoured to contribute to this debate on such a prestigious stage.”  Find out more here: https://bit.ly/1SiJFQb. August 23, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odusP8gmqsg
  4. "Michaela Coel on Growing up on a Council Estate, Bulling at School, & More | Edinburgh TV Festival." Edinburgh Television Festival, Youtube. [10:33] I May Destroy You actress, writer and director Michaela Coel discusses her family, growing up on a London council estate, being bullied in school, and more. July 18, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORG11kmwvFk 
  5. "The Assassination of Malcolm X: Ex-Undercover Officer Admits Role in FBI & Police Conspiracy." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [17:24] The FBI and New York Police Department are facing renewed calls to open their records into the assassination of Malcolm X, after the release of a deathbed confession of a former undercover NYPD officer who admitted to being part of a conspiracy targeting Malcolm. In the confession, Raymond Wood, who died last year, admitted he entrapped two members of Malcolm’s security team in another crime — a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty — just days before the assassination. This left the Black civil rights leader vulnerable at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, where he was fatally shot on February 21, 1965. Raymond Wood’s cousin Reggie Wood, who released the confession last week at a press conference, tells Democracy Now! his cousin’s involvement in the plot haunted him for much of his life. “Ray was told by his handlers not to repeat anything that he had seen or heard, or he would join Malcolm,” says Reggie Wood. “He trusted me enough to reveal this information and asked me not to say anything until he passed away, but at the same time not to allow him to take it to his grave.”  #DemocracyNow​  Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. February 26, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TPALkSMuk
  6. "The Young Lords: Exploring the Legacy of the Radical Puerto Rican Activist Group 50 Years Later." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [26:32]  Fifty years ago this week, a group of young radical Puerto Ricans took to the streets of New York City to announce the formation of the New York chapter of the Young Lords. Formed in the same radical tradition of the Black Panther Party, the activists soon became a force in the community that inspired people around the nation. The Young Lords occupied churches and hospitals to offer services to the community, and educated people about Puerto Rican culture and history. They called for self-determination for all Puerto Ricans, independence for the island of Puerto Rico, community control of institutions and land, freedom for all political prisoners and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, Puerto Rico and other areas. While the group disintegrated in the mid-1970s, its impact is still felt today. Ahead of a commemorative event at the Schomburg Center in Harlem Friday, we speak with three former Young Lords: Denise Oliver-Velez, Carlito Rovira and Democracy Now!'s Juan González, who helped found the organization and served as its first minister of education. We also speak with Johanna Fernández, associate professor in the Department of History at CUNY's Baruch College. She is the author of the upcoming book “The Young Lords: A Radical History.”  #DemocracyNow​  Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. July 24, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWAJS0a1kgg




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Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. "Tamara Lanier’s Fight to Reclaim Her History Could Be Any One of Ours." Vanessa K. De Luca, Medium.com. Imagine if you learned that photographs of your enslaved ancestors had been rediscovered in a museum at Harvard. Then imagine how you would feel if someone told you that you have no right to those photographs. Such is the plight of Tamara Lanier, who has taken on the Ivy League behemoth to secure the rights to the photos, which languished in a drawer out of sight and away from the public eye for years. The daguerreotypes depict women and men, breasts and genitalia exposed, their haunting stares a riveting testament to the degradation our ancestors endured during slavery’s shameful reign. February 3, 2021. https://zora.medium.com/tamara-laniers-fight-to-reclaim-her-history-could-be-any-one-of-us-9824dc49c365
  2. "The 10 Most Infuriating Things People Have Said to Me as a Black Woman." Sondra Rose Marie, Medium.com. ‘Do you know how to read?’ In the time of coronavirus, I spend a lot of time sitting around with the friends in my quarantine circle trading stories about our lives before the pandemic. Recently, our conversation turned to the worst dates we’d ever been on, and as I relayed one of my dating failures, I shared a racially charged comment one suiter made on a first date. January 24, 2021. https://zora.medium.com/the-10-most-infuriating-things-people-have-said-to-me-as-a-black-woman-bd8355da546e
  3. "Woman fights Harvard over rights to nude SC images of her enslaved ancestors." Jennifer Berry Hawes, Postandcourier.com. What on earth were these? Nothing in the drawer explained what they’d discovered. Only small, handwritten labels affixed to each offered clues: “Fassena (carpenter), Mandingo, plantation of Col. Wade Hampton, near Columbia, S.C.” “Jack (driver), Guinea, plantation of B.F. Taylor, Esq., Columbia, S.C.” “Jem, Gullah, belonging to F.W. Green, Esq.” One of the researchers rushed downstairs to summon their colleagues. The discovery sent Reichlin and others on a quest to solve the disturbing mystery. It continues today, 45 years later. But Harvard historians weren’t the only ones hunting for clues. In 2019, a woman named Tamara Lanier sued the university for possession of the daguerreotypes. Based on her own research, she claimed to be a descendant of two people captured in them. February 1, 2021. https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/woman-fights-harvard-over-rights-to-nude-sc-images-of-her-enslaved-ancestors/article_72ddeef0-45e8-11eb-a13a-6b9662e76945.html
  4. "GOP-Led States Still Mad About The 1619 Project, Considering Legislation to Dictate How Slavery Is Taught." Joe Jurado, Theroot.com. It’s Thursday, so you know what that means: Another round of Republicans being unwilling to face the fact that slavery was the horrific, violent foundation upon which this country was built. In several states with GOP leadership, legislation is being considered to ensure that the brutal reality of slavery isn’t taught in schools. February 4, 2021. https://www.theroot.com/gop-led-states-still-mad-about-the-1619-project-consid-1846198928

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_observation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief#Justified_true_belief
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_knowledge
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_model
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_research
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_concept
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_responsibility
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_rigor
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_virtue
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(epistemology)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_observation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observational_study
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operationalization
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_research
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour#Intellectual_rigour
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_ethics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testable
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Responsibility_of_Intellectuals
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgment
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience







Music Playlists




FreedomWalker's Playlist:

  1. Kelly Rowland: “Flowers”
  2. Mark Bolan & T-Rex: “Life's An Elevator”
  3. Blondie: “I'm Touched By Your Presence, Dear”



beetle's Playlist:

  1. Odetta: “Hit or Miss”
  3. Rhiannon Giddens, with Francesco Turrisi: “Wayfaring Stranger”
  4. Whitney Houston: “It's Not Right But It's Okay (Thunderpuss Mix)”




LYRICS

  • Geniuslyrics.com









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