CS 033: Straight Black Men Are The White People of Black People (Patreon)

We discuss the recent Very Smart Brothas "Straight Black Men are the White People of Black People"Discussed in the episode:

• Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People by Damon Young http://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/straight-black-men-are-the-white-people-of-black-people-1814157214
• "What Are The Drums Saying, Booker?" by Adolph Reed https://libcom.org/files/ReedWhatAreTheDrumsSayingBooker.pdf
• "Black Like Mao" by Robin D.G. Kelley and Betsy Esch http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/souls/vol1no4/vol1num4art1.pdf
• Yvette Carnell's definitive takedown of the Damon Young article: "Straight Black Men are the White Men of Black People ???? Really?!?! 9/20" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xc4K5UDDZs
• My Twitter thread in response to this article: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/910261591219871749
• "My Response To ‘Straight Black Men Are The White People of Black People’" by Talitha V. Anyabwele http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-girl-responds-to-straight-black-men-are-the_us_59c630ede4b0f2df5e83ae88
• "It’s Funny How 1 Title Can Fuck Up the Game: Thoughts on the Response to Damon’s Piece About Black Men" by Panama Jackson http://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/it-s-funny-how-1-title-can-fuck-up-the-game-thoughts-o-1818726125
• White Gay Pay Wage Gap: "Unequal Pay: The Gay Wage Gap" by Joe Pinsker https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/gay-men-women-lesbian-earnings-wage-gap/396074/
• Black Gay Pay Wage Gap: "Alarming Princeton Study Reveals Gay Black Men More Likely to Get Higher Salary Than a Straight Ones" by BRAINUSER1 http://www.eurweb.com/2015/03/alarming-princeton-study-reveals-gay-black-men-more-likely-to-get-higher-salary-than-a-straight-ones/
• The thread listing so-called Black male privileges https://twitter.com/commandr_nchief/status/911217859858243584