In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli", Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with Legal Scholar, Author, Professor of Law at Columbia University, Co-Chair of Facebook's Oversight Board as well as Talib's blood brother:
JAMAL GREENE
Here's what they got into:
- How Jamal and Talib's parents Brenda and Perry inspired their success
- Nostalgia drawing Jamal to becoming a baseball sports writer for Sports Illustrated
- Discussion of the justice mindset that goes along with being Black in America
- The brothers reflect on childhood and the changes that Talib went through from 11 to 14
- Jamal's wife Elora and how her work for the rights of immigrants has inspired him
- Learning to appreciate hip hop more through each other's own perspectives
- Attending the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement in South Africa together
- The essay 'Color Me Different' about Jamal's experiences in high school
- His role as a co-chair of the Facebook content oversight board
- Criticism from liberals for making an effort to listen to conservative ideas
- Handling rights conflicts in society from a standpoint of mediation instead of choosing
- How people are confusing free speech with freedom of consequence
- Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer speaking at college universities
- The attempts of voter disenfranchisement through claims of voter fraud
- The Southern Strategy by Republicans to appeal to the racism of Southern whites
- How far America still has to go in meeting it's own ideals
- Jamal's take on the Capitol riot and if there are ever times it's important to be radical
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