Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.
Yesterday evening, at 7.30pm GMT, Gus T. Renegade, non-white victim of Racism (White Supremacy) and host of the C.O.W.S. (Context of White Supremacy) BlogRadio programme had white Professor Martin Kevorkian, author of Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America (2006), as invited guest. (Gus had also kindly extended an invitation to me and although I listened to the programme, I was unable to participate due to some technical problems accessing the C.O.W.S. 'talk' function on the website - technology is far from always being 'wonderful'.)
It made for interesting listening and Gus is certainly a forthright and discerning counter-Racist. Nonetheless, I think that there were some missed opportunities and it is these that I want to engage with briefly in what follows.
Greetings all,
It was quite unfortunate that you were not able to participate in the program. I would have enjoyed having your views as a part of the discussion.. We will have to make an effort to do this again.
The last chapter of Mr. Kevorkian's work didn't do much for me either - that could have much to do with me being a non-white person.
I felt he displayed a significant amount of his White Supremacist knowledge - both in the book and on the program. His written analysis of Die Hard and his live commentary on I, Robot was enlightening, at least for me. I plan on checking out the books he suggested as well.
I didn't get the impression that his book was intended for Victims of White Supremacy. My feeling is that the typical non-white reader of Color Monitors is going to struggle to digest what Kevorkian is saying. I hope the radio program will motivate Victims of White Supremacy to view this material and aid their reading comprehension.
Interesting that you mention Mr. Tim Wise. I just saw him last Tuesday, AND he was supposed to be on my radio program the day after Martin Kevorkian. He re-scheduled. I will for sure let you know when this show goes down. PLEASE, MAKE AN EFFORT TO CALL IN FOR THIS PROGRAM. I am no fan of Mr. Wise. He has been on my radio program before. He admitted to being a White Supremacist on the air. I am very much looking forward to speaking with him again. I think Mr. Wise is an extraordinarily refined White Supremacist [much more dangerous and a much more skilled Racist then Dr. Kevorkian]. I will be most interested in hearing your feedback for this program. Keep up the excellent work. I will be in touch, sir.
Gus