177, Jared Ball on current cooptation of the language and histories of Black struggles for justice

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Jared Ball an author, activist and professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore. This year Jared authored the book "The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power," that looks at the persisting racial wealth gap and the myth of black buying power, the rhetoric around this myth, and the contextualization. In this interview we speak about the ways that contemporary mainstream institutions work to co-opt the discourse and language of social movement struggles, particularly Black struggles, but also more broadly struggles for radical transformation. Music on the program is the track Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.