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"content": "\u003cp>As companies all over the world cut ties with Ye (formerly Kanye West) this month, statements against the rapper’s litany of antisemitic assertions have been decisive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous,” said Adidas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kanye-ye-west-documentary-mrc-shelved-1235247299/\">MRC announced\u003c/a>, as the film and TV company shelved its already-completed Ye documentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13920819'] Fashion house Balenciaga, talent agency CAA and \u003ca href=\"https://pagesix.com/2022/10/21/vogue-has-no-intention-of-working-with-kanye-west-again/\">\u003cem>Vogue\u003c/em>’s Anna Wintour\u003c/a> all cut ties with Ye without much fanfare, but organizations not even working with the rapper took their own stands. “We can’t support hate speech, bigotry or anti-Semitism,” talent agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/caa-cuts-ties-with-kanye-west-as-hollywood-boycott-calls-grow-1235247333/\">UTA emailed to its staff\u003c/a>. “Please support the boycott of Kanye West.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not for nothing. Ye’s recent antisemitic statements have been both shocking and relentless. There was his Oct. 4 declaration that he was going “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” There was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/kanye-west-war-diddy-texts/\">text exchange Ye himself leaked\u003c/a>, in which he told Sean Combs: “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.” And there was the Fox News appearance where Ye stated (among many other terrible, terrible things): “I’d prefer my kids knew Hanukkah than Kwanzaa — at least it would come with some financial engineering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest bout of hate speech is the culmination of years during which Ye has made incendiary and harmful comments — none of which prompted the kind of professional consequences he’s now facing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adidas, Balenciaga and CAA all stuck by Ye in 2018 after he suggested that \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/watch/0-lrudlmxu/\">slavery was “a choice”\u003c/a> on TMZ. The companies didn’t react later that year when Ye ended an episode of \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> with \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/30/17920676/kanye-west-snl-performance-donald-trump\">a rant\u003c/a> that included him saying, “Blacks weren’t always Democrats. It’s like a plan they did to take the fathers out the homes and promote welfare. Does anybody know about that? That’s the Democratic plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ye’s business arrangements were not impacted in 2016 after he specified that he would be hiring “multiracial women only” for Yeezy Season 4 — a choice that inspired accusations of colorism. Nor were they impacted in 2020 when, speaking at a rally, \u003ca href=\"https://www.insider.com/kanye-west-political-rally-abortion-kim-kardashian-north-2020-7\">Ye said that Harriett Tubman “never actually freed the slaves”\u003c/a> but instead sent them to “go work for other white people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Ye appeared at Paris Fashion Week wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt earlier this month, Adidas did put his contracts under review. But it took \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13920788/ye-adidas-boycott-kanye-west-antisemitism\">a mountain of online pressure\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/resources/letter/adl-letter-adidas-executives-regarding-kanye-west\">an open letter from the Anti-Defamation League\u003c/a> to spur Adidas into more decisive action. (“At this point, what more do you need to review?” ADL CEO Jan Runau asked.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908594'] Even with the rash of companies cutting ties with Ye now, the impetus appears to be rooted almost entirely in opposition to his antisemitism. The fact that earlier this month Ye also suggested that George Floyd was killed by fentanyl — and not the police officer \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Derek_Chauvin\">convicted of his murder, Derek Chauvin\u003c/a> — has been far less of a focus. (“If you look,” Ye told the \u003cem>Drink Champs\u003c/em> podcast, “the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that.”) \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13920562/the-family-of-george-floyd-plans-to-file-a-250-million-lawsuit-against-ye\">Floyd’s family plans to sue\u003c/a> and \u003cem>Drink Champs\u003c/em> has since denounced Ye’s comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has not been lost on the Black community that Ye’s many statements denigrating Black people have never prompted the kind of corporate pushback that his antisemitic comments have. Discussions around it dominated Twitter on Tuesday. “Wish being anti-Black held this much weight,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scottiebeam/status/1584892766290841600\">Scottie Beam noted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/scottiebeam/status/1584892766290841600\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MrErnestOwens/status/1584726943508799489\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/oranicuhh/status/1584616304153366528\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also worth wondering why Ye’s longstanding history of misogynistic behavior was never a deal-breaker for his business associates. Ye’s casual sexism started over a decade ago with his repeated attempts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/28206/how-amber-rose-became-an-unlikely-feminist-icon\">publicly humiliate Amber Rose\u003c/a>. He has been open about the joy he gleans from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908594/julia-fox-kanye-west-ye-fashion-kim-kardashian-paris\">exercising control over his romantic partners’ wardrobes\u003c/a>. (And, thanks to Kardashian-based reality television, we’ve seen the scathing insults he sends when these women don’t comply.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ye has made not one but two videos in which he fetishizes lifeless female bodies. 2010’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oinTbQxETo\">Monster\u003c/a>” was first, with its dead models hanging from the ceiling and dead models lying next to him in bed. (It never got an official release.) Then came 2016’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7FCgw_GlWc\">Famous\u003c/a>,” a video that depicted real, non-consenting humans (including Taylor Swift and Amber Rose) as naked and unconscious in bed with Ye and Kim Kardashian. Kardashian was in a face-down position, shielding her modesty. Swift and Rose were not given the same consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Ye decided to proudly (and loudly) \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-marilyn-manson-donda-1292671/\">collaborate with Marilyn Manson\u003c/a>, right after the rocker was accused of a litany of sexual and physical abuses by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13910124/phoenix-rising-evan-rachel-wood-marilyn-manson-abuse-hbo-documentary\">Evan Rachel Wood and a dozen other women\u003c/a>. Ye’s decision to do this was a middle finger to abuse survivors everywhere, and he openly enjoyed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_49104'] Then there’s Ye’s frightening treatment of his now-ex-wife, which he has openly broadcast, entirely unafraid of potential consequences either to him as a parent, or to his divorce proceedings. Nobody dropped Ye after he released a song letting Kardashian know that her “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzu9PKB8bLY\">security gon’ need security\u003c/a>” — shortly after buying the house opposite hers. Nobody dropped Ye when he made \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy7sci2az88\">a video depicting the murder and beheading of Kardashian’s new boyfriend\u003c/a>, Pete Davidson, whom he also publicly and repeatedly threatened. And nobody batted an eyelash when \u003ca href=\"https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4468852/kanye-west-admits-punching-autograph-hunter/\">Ye punched an autograph hunter\u003c/a> and blamed it on the stress of his divorce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Ye’s newfound obsession with baseless conspiracies about the Jewish community is undoubtedly dangerous, this is not the first group of people Ye has used his platform to endanger. Ye has been skating past this kind of bad behavior, unscathed, for so many years now, is it any wonder he thought he could say antisemitic things and not get dropped by Adidas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adidas, Balenciaga, CAA et al. can feign shock and disgust now, but it has been clear for a very long time who Ye is and what he thinks of the rest of the world. That he suffered no serious financial consequences until this month is part of the reason why his behavior has devolved to this level.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Unlikely as it seems now, back then, rap labels and executives weren’t sure that this skinny kid who had cooked up compelling beats for Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri and Foxy Brown could really sell records on his own as a rapper—particularly after Kanye was in a car accident that created serious concerns about whether he could ever spit rhymes again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last installment ranges from the mid 2000s to 2020, when his friends—filmmakers Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah—grew distant from Kanye and couldn’t provide the fly-on-the-wall perspective that makes the first two parts such a treasure. Here, the most valuable moments are when Simmons lets the camera run as Kanye jumps from topic to topic in a way that appears as if his mind is racing too fast for his mouth to keep up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3d5rT7FGLE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Keeping the focus on Kanye’s music\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Simmons, a former standup comic who met Kanye in the mid-1990s while hosting a groundbreaking Chicago-based cable access show on rap called \u003cem>Channel Zero\u003c/em>, is the viewer’s guide through much of this. His narration and observations help mold what often seems like a collection of home video clips into a compelling story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the best thing about the first two-thirds of \u003cem>jeen-yuhs\u003c/em> is how it centers the narrative on Kanye’s music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the docuseries begins, Kanye is desperate for a record deal as a recording artist. He has produced a sizable chunk of Jay-Z’s landmark record \u003cem>The Blueprint\u003c/em>, but finds even the executives at Hova’s label Roc-A-Fella records wish he would stop bugging them and just keep cranking out dope beats for other artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908594']Here is where \u003cem>jeen-yuhs \u003c/em>really pulls us into Kanye’s world—in one key scene, he walks the halls of Roc-A-Fella’s New York headquarters, jumping into offices to perform his songs for random executives. He has to pull out his retainer to spit rhymes properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye eventually admits to the camera that he’s not like typical MCs. At a time when gangsta rap is hot, he hasn’t got street cred as an outlaw. He talks openly about being a momma’s boy. He raps onstage wearing a backpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mother’s an English teacher and she used to cultivate me,” he adds, noting that his dad was a Christian marriage counselor. “I feel like I can’t sell to you that I’m finna come up and take your life…just because I think that’s hot or what’s industry-ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13909612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13909612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/jeen-yuhs_kanye-and-donda-ead5782828ad0c552d62b99149da2a3513d704f3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kanye West and his mom Donda laugh, sitting out on their old front porch steps. \u003ccite>(Netflix)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Kanye’s mother, Donda West; her presence casts a long shadow. Even casual fans know how much she has influenced his music, and in the first two installments of \u003cem>jeen-yuhs\u003c/em>, we see them together a lot. It’s obvious how her doting, powerful belief in Kanye fuels his own outrageous self-confidence (the second episode opens with home video footage of Kanye, at about 13 years old or so, rapping confidently at a family gathering).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she dies of coronary artery disease and other factors in 2007—the docuseries features audio of the 911 call—\u003cem>jeen-yuhs\u003c/em> implies this loss presages a troubling series of issues for Kanye, whose public outbursts grow more erratic after his mother’s passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Seeing the real stories behind a legend\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Fans will see behind the scenes of key moments in Kanye’s legend. After he finally got signed by Roc-A-Fella, the rapper was in a 2002 car accident which broke his jaw in three places—leading him to create a song while his mouth was still wired shut, called \u003cem>Through the Wire\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvb-1wjAtk4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The docuseries’ second installment shows Kanye meeting with his dentist, pushing his recovery strategy to get back to work, while also filming footage that would be used in the song’s video. Because his record label wouldn’t spend money on his album, Kanye is also shown recording with friends, including Jamie Foxx, who had a professional-level studio in his home, complete with an engineer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he plays an early version of\u003cem> Through the Wire\u003c/em> for super-producer Pharrell Williams—who flips out when he hears it—you can’t help but wonder: \u003cem>Why doesn’t Kanye’s label see how big this record is going to be? \u003c/em>Eventually, Kanye spends $30,000 of his own money to make the song’s video, with Simmons and Ozah in the directors’ chairs; the video’s success convinces Roc-A-Fella to finally step up and finance production for his debut record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That album—2004’s \u003cem>The College Dropout—\u003c/em>would eventually sell more than 3 million copies and be nominated for 10 Grammy awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than filling out stories behind Kanye’s legend, these scenes show how the rapper constantly bet on his own talent and vision—even when few others shared that confidence. 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"content": "\u003cp>Paris Fashion Week happened last week. The only reason I know this is because every time (the artist formerly known as) Kanye West and his new girlfriend Julia Fox showed up anywhere, Twitter had a meltdown. It wasn’t hard to see why. The whole thing was like the new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908472/and-just-like-that-sex-and-the-city-che-miranda-carrie-charlotte-nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Sex and the City\u003c/em> reboot\u003c/a>: You know you should turn away. You know what you’re looking at is going to make you cringe. 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And—according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/date-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two paragraph-story Fox wrote for \u003cem>Interview\u003c/em>\u003c/a> magazine last month—he presented her with “an entire hotel suite full of clothes,” after knowing her for literally one day. Fox wrote: “I was so surprised. Like, who does things like this on a second date? Or any date!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to that question is: a new partner who’s waving a big ol’ red flag in your face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AaronRFernandes/status/1487565601321197568\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you look up how to spot if you’re in an unhealthy relationship, clothing is a recurring theme. \u003ca href=\"https://psychcentral.com/lib/signs-controlling-partner-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Psych Central\u003c/em>\u003c/a> suggests that controlling partners “could start slowly ‘changing your wardrobe’ by buying specific outfits as gifts to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/controlling-men/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Everyday Health\u003c/em>\u003c/a> says: “Controlling men like to be in charge. They like to tell women what to do, wear and be, and even how and when to speak. Most controlling men don’t really believe they are controlling. In their minds, they’re merely helping their wives or girlfriends to ‘improve,’ and they honestly believe that men are entitled to have things just the way they prefer them to be … Does this sound like anyone you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_28206']Yes. It sounds like Kanye West, who has been re-dressing women according to his specifications, very openly, for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Rose spoke repeatedly about \u003ca href=\"https://www.elle.com/fashion/a9049/fashion-spotlight-amber-rose-360509/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye’s attempts to control her wardrobe\u003c/a> while the two were a couple. She told \u003cem>Elle\u003c/em> in 2009: “He’ll pick out something and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, God, I don’t like that at all.’ And then I’ll pick out something and he’ll be like ‘Babe, just… no.’ I’m more electric pink and bright yellow. And Kanye’s more like nude and bone … I’m not, like, his Barbie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his next serious relationship, Kanye found a significantly more malleable partner. In a 2012 episode of \u003cem>Keeping Up With the Kardashians\u003c/em>—filmed just a few months into their relationship—Kanye is seen telling Kardashian to “clean out everything” from her closet. Her pleas to keep a few accessories are repeatedly shot down, despite her being a long-time boutique owner who first became famous while working as a personal stylist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E9lNF9bhYU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No secret was made of the fact that Kanye exerted extreme control over Kardashian’s style for the entirety of their relationship. In one 2018 episode of her reality show, Kardashian mentioned that Kanye had flown out to Paris to see her for 24 hours. Not because he missed her, but because he had seen paparazzi photos of her wearing clothes he didn’t like, and he wanted to check on her wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_49104']A year later, Kanye questioned Kardashian’s choice to wear a stunning Thierry Mugler corseted dress to the Met Gala. “A corset is a form of underwear. It’s hot. It’s like, it’s hot for who though?” he said to Kardashian the night before the event. “You are my wife and it affects me when pictures are too sexy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia Fox isn’t Kanye’s wife. She’s only been his girlfriend for a month. But if Fashion Week is anything to go by, he seems to already be controlling every inch of her appearance, down to her makeup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LukeLarainGray/status/1485690511633625089\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no doubt that all of this is outside Fox’s wheelhouse—you can see it in her awkward Fashion Week body language. And it’s probably because Kanye’s clothing choices for her are such an enormous departure from anything she’s ever worn in public previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To demonstrate the contrast, here’s what she looked like at November’s CFDA Awards, just six weeks before Kanye showed up with that suite full of clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13908832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13908832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A fresh-faced, but polished woman stands on the red carpet wearing a tight, mint green long sleeved top and calf length pale pink skirt with fur trim. She carries a beaded handbag in the shape of the Empire State Building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/02/GettyImages-1352567200-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia Fox at the CFDA Fashion Awards, New York, November 2021. \u003ccite>(Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite an obvious pattern, Kanye’s compulsion to control yet another girlfriend’s appearance has been greeted without much alarm in the press. The tabloid media has, by and large, instead decided to pit Kardashian and Fox against each other. (This despite reports that \u003ca href=\"https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a38735734/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-julia-fox-dating-pursuit-reaction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashian is just trying to move on with her life\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fox borrowed yet another look from her boyfriend Kanye West’s ex Kim Kardashian as she stepped out during Paris Fashion Week last week,” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10466443/Kanye-Wests-new-flame-Julia-Fox-denies-copying-Kim-Kardashians-edgy-chest-mold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Daily Mail\u003c/em> declared\u003c/a> yesterday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kanye West’s Girlfriend Julia Fox Rips Off Kim Kardashian With Oozing Chest Mold, Model Caught In Another Copycat Fashion Fumble,” \u003ca href=\"https://radaronline.com/p/kanye-west-girlfriend-julia-fox-chest-mold-copying-kim-kardashian-fashion-style/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screamed\u003cem> Radar Online\u003c/em>\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The copycat refrain has been so common, \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/style/julia-fox-responds-to-claim-she-channels-kim-kardashian-outfit-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox felt the need to take to Instagram this week to deny she was stealing looks from Kardashian\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908784']That Fox has been blamed for “copying” Kardashian is a reflection of just how much our culture loves a catfight. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re looking for a perfect encapsulation of what happened to celebrity culture in 2020, look no further than this Twitter thread that emerged last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1336817740078845955\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1336817747699904512\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/status/1336817757455872005\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enthusiastic bird watching is nothing new, of course, especially in New York City. But in December 2020, seeing a large group of photographers raving over a bird instead of a celebrity isn’t just less surprising than it would’ve been in January, it’s somehow infinitely more relatable. Because as everyone has struggled to keep their heads above the proverbial flood waters for the last 10 months, these kinds of small pleasures have dominated all of our lives. And they’ve come remarkably close to decimating celebrity culture as a national pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There can be no doubt that 2020 has forced us to reevaluate all priorities: our careers, homes, families, relationships—even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13883244/how-sheltering-in-place-is-shifting-womens-beauty-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our appearances\u003c/a>. But caring about celebrities was one of the very first things to go by the wayside when normal life unceremoniously shut down in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not hard to pinpoint the exact moment when we turned our backs either. It was this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1240484129222856705\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gal Gadot et al.’s ill-advised, cringe-worthy, patronizing, self-indulgent response to a global pandemic was a cold bucket of water on the head, at the precise moment we neither wanted nor needed one. But it also woke us up. Overnight, celebrity culture went from providing a casual mental escape to being so far beyond the realms of real—the real stress, real fear, real discomfort we were all feeling—that it became utterly and instantaneously unpalatable. [aside postid='arts_13877066']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was exacerbated by celebrities telling us how to handle the pandemic from the comforts of their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/B92YsciHcUu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mansions\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtpM7XvUnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hot tubs\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B90q7dpAnHW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meditation retreats\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9BxGPqFfpw/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first-class seats\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kwcbPnFPo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">airplanes\u003c/a>. By the time a group of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881801/anti-racism-celeb-psa-i-take-responsibility-is-the-new-imagine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> overwrought white actors declared\u003c/a> in June—in the aftermath of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823403/george-floyd-anti-racism-and-protests-against-police-violence-echo-globally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killing of George Floyd\u003c/a>—that they were taking responsibility for turning blind eyes to racial injustice, the public greeted it by collectively rolling theirs. Hell, by the end of 2020, even Ellen DeGeneres—previously one of America’s most beloved TV hosts—was \u003cem>persona non grata, \u003c/em>after allegations of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ellen-employees-allege-toxic-workplace-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxic workplace\u003c/a> emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my role as a pop culture journalist this year, the shift has been palpable. By the end of spring, it was abundantly clear that KQED Arts & Culture readers were suddenly more interested in hearing about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879872/dont-worry-your-new-jigsaw-puzzle-obsession-is-perfectly-normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jigsaw puzzles\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13880317/escaped-goats-in-san-jose-live-out-our-shelter-in-place-fantasies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escaped goats\u003c/a> than about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan\u003c/a>. (I knew I was really in trouble after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877883/dolly-parton-wants-to-read-us-bedtime-stories-so-everything-is-fine-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story about Dolly Parton\u003c/a> flopped.) My job, almost overnight, became about self-care and self-contained pastimes that were firmly outside of the realms of the rich and the famous. The upper crust, it seemed, had been rendered largely irrelevant, almost overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public’s relationship with celebrities was further disconnected after the entertainment industry all but ground to a halt. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13890093/2020-decimated-the-concert-industry-and-it-cant-rebuild-without-government-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concert tours were delayed\u003c/a> indefinitely, a shocking number of \u003ca href=\"https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/breakdown-of-2020-movie-delays-and-when-they-will-hit-theaters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie releases were postponed\u003c/a> until 2021, and TV shows either stopped dead in their tracks, or were forced to come up with complicated production solutions. (Oddly, this actually worked to benefit viewers in some cases. \u003cem>The Great British Baking Show\u003c/em>’s quarantined contestants were closer than ever, for one. And in lieu of making Season 2, HBO’s \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> aired a two-person, one-hour\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0_7wPGJlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> special\u003c/a> in December that should be remembered as one of the most thought-provoking hours of television … well, \u003cem>ever\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor influencing our level of interest in famous people was a sudden drop in commuting time across the nation. According to Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom, since March, almost twice as many \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/2020/06/29/snapshot-new-working-home-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">employees are working from home\u003c/a> than those at workplaces. The non-commuters are now 42% of America’s labor force. Without mundane journeys to fill with distractions, workers are less in need of frivolous celebrity tidbits. [aside postid='arts_13879872']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The erasure of all those commutes and early morning Starbucks lines undoubtedly contributed to the death of short-form streaming channel \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/10/22/quibi-shuts-down-after-six-months-heres-why/3725358001/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quibi\u003c/a>, just six months after it launched. And not even the biggest names on its roster—the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Liam Hemsworth, Queen Latifah, Kevin Hart and Chrissy Teigen—provided enough of a lure to get people to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gen Z’s desire for short-form entertainment remained intact, they really only wanted it from TikTok. This was thanks in part to a format that allowed for a sense of community and connection while sheltering in place. On TikTok, the stars weren’t celebrities in the traditional sense either. They were \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre\">Addison Rae\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bellapoarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bella Poarch\u003c/a>, who currently have 71.1 million and 47.6 million followers respectively, simply for miming while cute. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@badwiggies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bad Wiggies\u003c/a> (3.4 million followers)—an anonymous trio of Miami girls dancing in empty parking lots—inspired dance moves and fashion choices. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@iamtabithabrown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tabitha Brown\u003c/a> (4.5 million followers)—a.k.a. “the world’s favorite mom”—provided cooking videos that proved to be both entertaining and soothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s not forget that TikTok was also the platform that gave us Nathan Apodaca, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13887427/the-viral-fleetwood-mac-challenge-guy-just-got-10000-in-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skateboarding cranberry juice guy\u003c/a>. Apodaca acted as the ultimate symbol of how regular people stay zen in dire circumstances, and the nation fell in love with him because of it. (Let’s hope the Fleetwood Mac fan can hang onto that spirit as he \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9500868/nathan-apodaca-tests-positive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">battles coronavirus\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even our most famous reality stars could keep up this year. As was evidenced by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSI_vs._Logan_Paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake and Logan Paul\u003c/a> moving into amateur boxing, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/kuwtk-ending-everything-the-kardashians-have-said/the-beginning-of-the-end-3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashians finally calling it quits\u003c/a> on their TV show. (After 14 years and 20 seasons, no less.) In 2020, between Kim casually mentioning \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1277752179877527554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North West’s $25,000 Freesian horse\u003c/a>, Kanye announcing Kim had become \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1277766033844121601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a billionaire\u003c/a>, and the now-infamous “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1321151217482014726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trip to a private island\u003c/a>,” the family never seemed more out of touch. (Which is an impressive feat considering their track record.) [aside postid='arts_13888949']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the future, when we think about what kept us amused in 2020, we won’t remember movies or TV, we’ll remember the puzzles, the potted plants, the baking and the books. And when we look back and recall the biggest stars of the year, most won’t be from stage and screen. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/howling-for-healthcare-workers-across-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthcare\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885071/watch-that-time-project-runway-tried-to-redesign-the-usps-uniform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USPS\u003c/a> workers who worked tirelessly to get us through it. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885235/hit-hard-by-pandemic-youth-of-color-are-leading-activism-new-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teens who organized\u003c/a> and dominated Black Lives Matter marches. And of course we’ll remember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13888949/the-internet-is-very-worried-about-msnbcs-steve-kornacki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Kornacki and his khakis\u003c/a>, both of which stayed up for days to provide America with up-to-the-minute results during the weirdest election in living memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It won’t stay like this forever, of course. In a few years, once we get to a post-coronavirus world, celebrity culture will return. But for now, let’s appreciate the reset 2020 gave us. For 10 months now, instead of following famous people’s lives in our spare time, we’ve become almost entirely focused on our own, down here with everyone else, enduring what is sure to be one of the most stressful years of our lives. What we’ve learned about ourselves in the process will be of more value for years to come than anything the world of celebrity could have conjured.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Enthusiastic bird watching is nothing new, of course, especially in New York City. But in December 2020, seeing a large group of photographers raving over a bird instead of a celebrity isn’t just less surprising than it would’ve been in January, it’s somehow infinitely more relatable. Because as everyone has struggled to keep their heads above the proverbial flood waters for the last 10 months, these kinds of small pleasures have dominated all of our lives. And they’ve come remarkably close to decimating celebrity culture as a national pastime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There can be no doubt that 2020 has forced us to reevaluate all priorities: our careers, homes, families, relationships—even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13883244/how-sheltering-in-place-is-shifting-womens-beauty-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our appearances\u003c/a>. But caring about celebrities was one of the very first things to go by the wayside when normal life unceremoniously shut down in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not hard to pinpoint the exact moment when we turned our backs either. It was this:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was exacerbated by celebrities telling us how to handle the pandemic from the comforts of their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/B92YsciHcUu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mansions\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtpM7XvUnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hot tubs\u003c/a>, their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B90q7dpAnHW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meditation retreats\u003c/a>, and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9BxGPqFfpw/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first-class seats\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kwcbPnFPo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">airplanes\u003c/a>. By the time a group of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881801/anti-racism-celeb-psa-i-take-responsibility-is-the-new-imagine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> overwrought white actors declared\u003c/a> in June—in the aftermath of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823403/george-floyd-anti-racism-and-protests-against-police-violence-echo-globally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killing of George Floyd\u003c/a>—that they were taking responsibility for turning blind eyes to racial injustice, the public greeted it by collectively rolling theirs. Hell, by the end of 2020, even Ellen DeGeneres—previously one of America’s most beloved TV hosts—was \u003cem>persona non grata, \u003c/em>after allegations of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ellen-employees-allege-toxic-workplace-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxic workplace\u003c/a> emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my role as a pop culture journalist this year, the shift has been palpable. By the end of spring, it was abundantly clear that KQED Arts & Culture readers were suddenly more interested in hearing about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13879872/dont-worry-your-new-jigsaw-puzzle-obsession-is-perfectly-normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jigsaw puzzles\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13880317/escaped-goats-in-san-jose-live-out-our-shelter-in-place-fantasies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">escaped goats\u003c/a> than about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry and Meghan\u003c/a>. (I knew I was really in trouble after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13877883/dolly-parton-wants-to-read-us-bedtime-stories-so-everything-is-fine-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story about Dolly Parton\u003c/a> flopped.) My job, almost overnight, became about self-care and self-contained pastimes that were firmly outside of the realms of the rich and the famous. The upper crust, it seemed, had been rendered largely irrelevant, almost overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public’s relationship with celebrities was further disconnected after the entertainment industry all but ground to a halt. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13890093/2020-decimated-the-concert-industry-and-it-cant-rebuild-without-government-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concert tours were delayed\u003c/a> indefinitely, a shocking number of \u003ca href=\"https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/breakdown-of-2020-movie-delays-and-when-they-will-hit-theaters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie releases were postponed\u003c/a> until 2021, and TV shows either stopped dead in their tracks, or were forced to come up with complicated production solutions. (Oddly, this actually worked to benefit viewers in some cases. \u003cem>The Great British Baking Show\u003c/em>’s quarantined contestants were closer than ever, for one. And in lieu of making Season 2, HBO’s \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> aired a two-person, one-hour\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0_7wPGJlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> special\u003c/a> in December that should be remembered as one of the most thought-provoking hours of television … well, \u003cem>ever\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor influencing our level of interest in famous people was a sudden drop in commuting time across the nation. According to Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom, since March, almost twice as many \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/2020/06/29/snapshot-new-working-home-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">employees are working from home\u003c/a> than those at workplaces. The non-commuters are now 42% of America’s labor force. Without mundane journeys to fill with distractions, workers are less in need of frivolous celebrity tidbits. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The erasure of all those commutes and early morning Starbucks lines undoubtedly contributed to the death of short-form streaming channel \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/10/22/quibi-shuts-down-after-six-months-heres-why/3725358001/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quibi\u003c/a>, just six months after it launched. And not even the biggest names on its roster—the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Liam Hemsworth, Queen Latifah, Kevin Hart and Chrissy Teigen—provided enough of a lure to get people to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gen Z’s desire for short-form entertainment remained intact, they really only wanted it from TikTok. This was thanks in part to a format that allowed for a sense of community and connection while sheltering in place. On TikTok, the stars weren’t celebrities in the traditional sense either. They were \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre\">Addison Rae\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bellapoarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bella Poarch\u003c/a>, who currently have 71.1 million and 47.6 million followers respectively, simply for miming while cute. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@badwiggies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bad Wiggies\u003c/a> (3.4 million followers)—an anonymous trio of Miami girls dancing in empty parking lots—inspired dance moves and fashion choices. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@iamtabithabrown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tabitha Brown\u003c/a> (4.5 million followers)—a.k.a. “the world’s favorite mom”—provided cooking videos that proved to be both entertaining and soothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s not forget that TikTok was also the platform that gave us Nathan Apodaca, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13887427/the-viral-fleetwood-mac-challenge-guy-just-got-10000-in-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skateboarding cranberry juice guy\u003c/a>. Apodaca acted as the ultimate symbol of how regular people stay zen in dire circumstances, and the nation fell in love with him because of it. (Let’s hope the Fleetwood Mac fan can hang onto that spirit as he \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9500868/nathan-apodaca-tests-positive-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">battles coronavirus\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not even our most famous reality stars could keep up this year. As was evidenced by \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSI_vs._Logan_Paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake and Logan Paul\u003c/a> moving into amateur boxing, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/kuwtk-ending-everything-the-kardashians-have-said/the-beginning-of-the-end-3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kardashians finally calling it quits\u003c/a> on their TV show. (After 14 years and 20 seasons, no less.) In 2020, between Kim casually mentioning \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1277752179877527554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North West’s $25,000 Freesian horse\u003c/a>, Kanye announcing Kim had become \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1277766033844121601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a billionaire\u003c/a>, and the now-infamous “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1321151217482014726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trip to a private island\u003c/a>,” the family never seemed more out of touch. (Which is an impressive feat considering their track record.) \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the future, when we think about what kept us amused in 2020, we won’t remember movies or TV, we’ll remember the puzzles, the potted plants, the baking and the books. And when we look back and recall the biggest stars of the year, most won’t be from stage and screen. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/health/coronavirus/howling-for-healthcare-workers-across-the-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">healthcare\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885071/watch-that-time-project-runway-tried-to-redesign-the-usps-uniform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USPS\u003c/a> workers who worked tirelessly to get us through it. They’ll be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13885235/hit-hard-by-pandemic-youth-of-color-are-leading-activism-new-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">teens who organized\u003c/a> and dominated Black Lives Matter marches. And of course we’ll remember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13888949/the-internet-is-very-worried-about-msnbcs-steve-kornacki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Kornacki and his khakis\u003c/a>, both of which stayed up for days to provide America with up-to-the-minute results during the weirdest election in living memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>an, there sure are a number of Black men in the political arena looking like clowns these days. And as much as I enjoy a good laugh, I don’t think it’s really the time to be entertained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a pretty big election happening right now in the United States. There are also international conversations and actions pushing changes in the way we’re policed, and there’s an ongoing global pandemic that has killed over one million people worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do we need a breakdown of the meetings between \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/15/ice-cube-trump-partnership-429713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ice Cube\u003c/a> and President Trump’s camps? Why do we care about \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/50-cent-fk-donald-trump-after-support-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50 Cent’s flip-flopping political views\u003c/a>? Did we really need \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/diddy-starts-political-party-empower-194913724.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diddy\u003c/a> to hop on the airwaves and announce he’s starting a new political party? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/arts/music/lil-wayne-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lil Wayne’s\u003c/a> support of Trump noteworthy? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2020/09/jeezy-joe-biden-kanye-west-1234578676/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Jeezy’s\u003c/a> support of Joe Biden a story? Why… \u003cem>is \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/03/kanye-west-california-ballot-vice-president-candidate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye West\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella questions. At the top of my list: when it comes to creating change in our community, in this election cycle and beyond, what is the role of Black men? ‘Cause judging from these popular stories I’m seeing… it’s questionable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg 499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truth. \u003ccite>(Via \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ksj.events/\">Kola Shobo\u003c/a>/IG)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast week I turned to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OGpenn/status/1318220298383028225?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media\u003c/a> in search of answers. I needed stories of Black men taking action to make this world a bit better, both through electoral politics and outside of the political structure. No, you don’t hear me: I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it was refreshing to learn about Maryland’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nealcarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neal Carter\u003c/a> and his Nu View Consulting organization, which focuses on getting African Americans living with disabilities politically engaged. Or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CameronWhitten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Whitten\u003c/a>, a Black man in Portland, Oregon who’s politically active; I’ve been following Black Lives Matter protests up there since the summer and he’s the first African American man involved that I’ve heard of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I needed to be introduced to the education work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/michaelsorrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sorrell\u003c/a> is doing in Texas, the organizing work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LamontLilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lamont Lilly\u003c/a> is doing out of Durham, NC, and the work of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/codyrenard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Renard Richard,\u003c/a> who in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7KumWIxyTk&feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this interview\u003c/a> from earlier this year explains how he’s fighting for equal rights in the world of Broadway theatre in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/3HtaCBegNWg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, people suggested I check out the work of Tur-Ha Ak, whose work with \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> I’ve mentioned in my writing before. The Oakland group \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HtaCBegNWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black London\u003c/a> put out an admonition to vote and claim representation for the people in their video for “Power.” And I was asked to look at the work of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hellablackpod.com/pbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a>, which I’ve also noted in past columns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partially inspired by People’s Breakfast Oakland, Sacramento’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/coach_jmcgowan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan McGowan\u003c/a> told me about co-founding the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sacneighbor916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento Neighbor Project\u003c/a>, which focuses on community-based responses to police violence and using mutual aid to get resources to those in need. Without talking to McGowan, I might not have known about \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/father-found-hanged-sacramento-park-120000333.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willie Brown\u003c/a>, an African American man who has been on life support after being found hanging from a basketball hoop in a Sacramento park last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might a bit more important than what \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/ti-interview-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.I\u003c/a>. has to say about politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maybe it’s not \u003ci>sexy\u003c/i> enough? I’m not a media strategist or anything, but I’m starting to think big publications are more concerned with generating revenue from click-based advertising than actually informing the masses about critical issues during a time when so much is at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NZEHNSC2Q0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>K, here’s a story that might be more enticing: the former drug kingpin-turned-author, Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2m3nTMjVZ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Reed\u003c/a>, who was granted clemency by President Obama, is voting for the first time and politically organizing in his community of East Oakland. Where’s the news on that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed is supporting the organization \u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 Black Men of The Bay Area\u003c/a> to engage people in voter education, registration and voting. Neale Clunie, a representative for the organization, tells me they’re part of the “\u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/event/we-ride-we-vote/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Ride, We Vote\u003c/a>” biking and voting event on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1-5 pm in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clunie also tells me that his organization is teaming up with the \u003ca href=\"https://ncbw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Coalition of 100 Black Women\u003c/a>. “Black women are the cornerstone of the Democratic party; they generally have a better turnout,” says Clunie. He’s right: according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/men-and-women-in-the-u-s-continue-to-differ-in-voter-turnout-rate-party-identification/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research\u003c/a>, eligible Black women voters have shown up more readily than Black men for decades. (To be fair, women vote in larger numbers than men in general.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been written about the power of Black women voters, and Pastor Michael McBride, of \u003ca href=\"https://thewayberkeley.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Way Christian Center in Berkeley,\u003c/a> says that doesn’t have to negatively impact Black men when it comes to voting or community organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Men don’t have to shrink or cower or disappear for women to be strong,” Pastor McBride tells me. “We just have to be willing and humble. Coordination with all of our community is happening at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(McBride, who was on the move when we talked, mistakenly thought I said my name was “Twin” when I introduced myself as Pen. He explained that Twin is someone he’s working with in order to quell a festering beef after a recent shooting—evidence of Pastor McBride’s community involvement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBride then said he’s on the verge of embarking on a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_dCXUBmYo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black bus tour\u003c/a>” through the United States’ southeast region. He and a team of folks aim to hit 14 cities—Orlando, Atlanta and Raleigh, to name a few—over a span of 10 days to assist people in getting to the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McBride says the role of Black men right now is “to be what we’ve always been when we’ve been at our best.” Black men are freedom fighters, truth tellers and protectors of our community, he says. “We need to lead with a healthy sense of strength and humility to understand the complexity of the issues that have impacted all of the members of the community,” says McBride. “Leadership doesn’t always require to be out in front. It’s about discerning the moment. The plight of Black people requires a lot more coordination in order to beat white supremacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13888697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Michael McBride, center, leads a 2017 march in Berkeley to protest white supremacists.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/image-asset.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Michael McBride, center, leads a 2017 march in Berkeley to protest white supremacists. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Michael McBride)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>long with the prevalence of Black male entertainers’ tone-deaf participation in politics, the popular stories of actual Black male politicians have been disheartening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of Kentucky’s\u003ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2020/10/21/something-fishy-about-daniel-cameron-breonna-taylor-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Attorney General Daniel Cameron \u003c/a>blocking the process of holding the cops who killed Breonna Taylor accountable is disgusting. The highly publicized extramarital affair of former Florida Governor Candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/andrew-gillum-bisexual/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Gillium\u003c/a> makes me ask what the media’s aim is. And here in the Bay Area, I’ve been following the unearthing of details around front-running Vallejo mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://openvallejo.org/2020/10/13/domestic-violence-bordering-on-torture-records-reveal-years-of-allegations-against-vallejo-councilmember/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem Brown\u003c/a> and his history of domestic abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, again, I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these benevolent stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not giving anyone a pass as a “good guy.” I’m not naive enough to think that in this society any man has clean hands—or any human, for that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there should be more appreciation for someone like Colin Kaepernick, who is using his popularity to back \u003ca href=\"https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abolition For The People\u003c/a>, a publication rooted in challenging America’s prison-industrial complex. Or acclaimed poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-05/45-lies-trump-poetry-project-rappers-broadway-daveed-diggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bamuthi Joseph\u003c/a>, who’s using his platform to let other lyricists express themselves about the lies our current president has told in a project he calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/45lies2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45 Lies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hell, even \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Oq56pAdXqi8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Tyson\u003c/a>, who recently had a conversation with Lil Boosie about his derogatory comments on the LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black male celebrities can do so much by simply not playing into the media’s need to feed off of clickbait. I’m not saying don’t get involved in politics, this isn’t a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHuaOIvRLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut up and dribble\u003c/a>” situation. (Or even a shut up and “riddle” situation, for the rappers in the room.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbershop-style discussions with former President \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/barack-obama-stopping-lebron-james-175511212.html\">Barack Obama\u003c/a> are cool and all, but the best approach is using your platform to push the ideas of lesser-known people who, though not always “newsworthy,” have been steeped in the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/LMJvApfx_Ik\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">W\u003c/span>ith the reintroduction of the term “super predator” into the popular lexicon, this week’s research proved to be the reminder I needed, just a note that we’re much more than what popular media depicts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as a Black man, who is also a member of “the media,” it’s my job to do all that I can to make sure we push for more of what\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/los-angeles-times-apology-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> attempted to do a few weeks ago with its public apology for its decades worth of misrepresenting Black and brown urban communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, there is a lot going on in the world: I haven’t even mentioned global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this had to be written, if not then we’d risk falling back down a path that could lead to the type of storytelling that supported the incarceration of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/what-trump-has-said-central-park-five/1501321001/\">Central Park Five\u003c/a> and the passing of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1994 Crime Bill\u003c/a>—a bill that adversely impacted a generation of Black men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not the \u003cem>entire\u003c/em> generation. There were some entertainers who made so-called “gangsta rap” music and leveraged the concept of being a “super predator” for their own financial gain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of them are now being postured as “political leaders.” Go figure.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>an, there sure are a number of Black men in the political arena looking like clowns these days. And as much as I enjoy a good laugh, I don’t think it’s really the time to be entertained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a pretty big election happening right now in the United States. There are also international conversations and actions pushing changes in the way we’re policed, and there’s an ongoing global pandemic that has killed over one million people worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do we need a breakdown of the meetings between \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/15/ice-cube-trump-partnership-429713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ice Cube\u003c/a> and President Trump’s camps? Why do we care about \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/50-cent-fk-donald-trump-after-support-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50 Cent’s flip-flopping political views\u003c/a>? Did we really need \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/diddy-starts-political-party-empower-194913724.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diddy\u003c/a> to hop on the airwaves and announce he’s starting a new political party? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/arts/music/lil-wayne-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lil Wayne’s\u003c/a> support of Trump noteworthy? Why is \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2020/09/jeezy-joe-biden-kanye-west-1234578676/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Jeezy’s\u003c/a> support of Joe Biden a story? Why… \u003cem>is \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/03/kanye-west-california-ballot-vice-president-candidate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kanye West\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hella questions. At the top of my list: when it comes to creating change in our community, in this election cycle and beyond, what is the role of Black men? ‘Cause judging from these popular stories I’m seeing… it’s questionable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13888699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13888699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n.jpg 499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/123024745_134014161795446_9026917441314080281_n-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truth. \u003ccite>(Via \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ksj.events/\">Kola Shobo\u003c/a>/IG)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast week I turned to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OGpenn/status/1318220298383028225?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media\u003c/a> in search of answers. I needed stories of Black men taking action to make this world a bit better, both through electoral politics and outside of the political structure. No, you don’t hear me: I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it was refreshing to learn about Maryland’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nealcarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neal Carter\u003c/a> and his Nu View Consulting organization, which focuses on getting African Americans living with disabilities politically engaged. Or \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CameronWhitten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cameron Whitten\u003c/a>, a Black man in Portland, Oregon who’s politically active; I’ve been following Black Lives Matter protests up there since the summer and he’s the first African American man involved that I’ve heard of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I needed to be introduced to the education work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/michaelsorrell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Sorrell\u003c/a> is doing in Texas, the organizing work \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LamontLilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lamont Lilly\u003c/a> is doing out of Durham, NC, and the work of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/codyrenard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Renard Richard,\u003c/a> who in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7KumWIxyTk&feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this interview\u003c/a> from earlier this year explains how he’s fighting for equal rights in the world of Broadway theatre in New York.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3HtaCBegNWg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3HtaCBegNWg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Locally, people suggested I check out the work of Tur-Ha Ak, whose work with \u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Anti Police-Terror Project\u003c/a> I’ve mentioned in my writing before. The Oakland group \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HtaCBegNWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black London\u003c/a> put out an admonition to vote and claim representation for the people in their video for “Power.” And I was asked to look at the work of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hellablackpod.com/pbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a>, which I’ve also noted in past columns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partially inspired by People’s Breakfast Oakland, Sacramento’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/coach_jmcgowan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan McGowan\u003c/a> told me about co-founding the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sacneighbor916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento Neighbor Project\u003c/a>, which focuses on community-based responses to police violence and using mutual aid to get resources to those in need. Without talking to McGowan, I might not have known about \u003ca href=\"https://news.yahoo.com/father-found-hanged-sacramento-park-120000333.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willie Brown\u003c/a>, an African American man who has been on life support after being found hanging from a basketball hoop in a Sacramento park last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might a bit more important than what \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/ti-interview-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.I\u003c/a>. has to say about politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maybe it’s not \u003ci>sexy\u003c/i> enough? I’m not a media strategist or anything, but I’m starting to think big publications are more concerned with generating revenue from click-based advertising than actually informing the masses about critical issues during a time when so much is at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, why are we listening to entertainers?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1NZEHNSC2Q0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1NZEHNSC2Q0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>K, here’s a story that might be more enticing: the former drug kingpin-turned-author, Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2m3nTMjVZ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Reed\u003c/a>, who was granted clemency by President Obama, is voting for the first time and politically organizing in his community of East Oakland. Where’s the news on that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reed is supporting the organization \u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 Black Men of The Bay Area\u003c/a> to engage people in voter education, registration and voting. Neale Clunie, a representative for the organization, tells me they’re part of the “\u003ca href=\"https://100blackmenba.org/event/we-ride-we-vote/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Ride, We Vote\u003c/a>” biking and voting event on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 1-5 pm in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clunie also tells me that his organization is teaming up with the \u003ca href=\"https://ncbw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Coalition of 100 Black Women\u003c/a>. “Black women are the cornerstone of the Democratic party; they generally have a better turnout,” says Clunie. He’s right: according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/men-and-women-in-the-u-s-continue-to-differ-in-voter-turnout-rate-party-identification/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research\u003c/a>, eligible Black women voters have shown up more readily than Black men for decades. (To be fair, women vote in larger numbers than men in general.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been written about the power of Black women voters, and Pastor Michael McBride, of \u003ca href=\"https://thewayberkeley.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Way Christian Center in Berkeley,\u003c/a> says that doesn’t have to negatively impact Black men when it comes to voting or community organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Men don’t have to shrink or cower or disappear for women to be strong,” Pastor McBride tells me. “We just have to be willing and humble. 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The highly publicized extramarital affair of former Florida Governor Candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/andrew-gillum-bisexual/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Gillium\u003c/a> makes me ask what the media’s aim is. And here in the Bay Area, I’ve been following the unearthing of details around front-running Vallejo mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://openvallejo.org/2020/10/13/domestic-violence-bordering-on-torture-records-reveal-years-of-allegations-against-vallejo-councilmember/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem Brown\u003c/a> and his history of domestic abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, again, I \u003ci>needed\u003c/i> these benevolent stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not giving anyone a pass as a “good guy.” I’m not naive enough to think that in this society any man has clean hands—or any human, for that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there should be more appreciation for someone like Colin Kaepernick, who is using his popularity to back \u003ca href=\"https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abolition For The People\u003c/a>, a publication rooted in challenging America’s prison-industrial complex. Or acclaimed poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-05/45-lies-trump-poetry-project-rappers-broadway-daveed-diggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bamuthi Joseph\u003c/a>, who’s using his platform to let other lyricists express themselves about the lies our current president has told in a project he calls \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/45lies2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45 Lies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hell, even \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Oq56pAdXqi8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Tyson\u003c/a>, who recently had a conversation with Lil Boosie about his derogatory comments on the LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black male celebrities can do so much by simply not playing into the media’s need to feed off of clickbait. 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