On Hip Hop, Race, and Politics: The Way We Talk About Things
Critical Social Justice Keynote Lecture by Jay Smooth
Thursday, March 6, 2014 · 7:30 - 10 PM
In partnership with the Dresher Center for the Humanities and Africana Studies, Critical Social Justice presents the 2014 Daphne Harrison Lecture: "On Hip Hop, Race, and Politics: The Way We Talk About Things" with Jay Smooth.
Jay Smooth is founder and host of New York City’s longest running hip hop radio program, WBAI’s “The Underground Railroad,” which he launched in 1991 when he was only a teenager. He is also the mastermind behind the hip hop and politically-oriented video blog “The Ill Doctrine” (illdoctrine.com), where he serves up contemporary observation on topics of race, politics, music, and pop culture. A leading voice in the sociopolitical realm, Smooth gained national attention with his video “How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist” and his TEDx Talk “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race.” Smooth entertains, challenges, and enlightens audiences with his funny, incisive perspective on music, politics, and culture, encouraging audiences to do their own critical thinking about the world, engage in conversations about cultural issues that matter, and find some common ground.
Here are some of his videos if you want to check them out:
TEDxHampshireCollege: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdxeFcQtaU
"How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc
An Old Person's Guide to "No Homo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJnlPP7jm5s
Jay Smooth is founder and host of New York City’s longest running hip hop radio program, WBAI’s “The Underground Railroad,” which he launched in 1991 when he was only a teenager. He is also the mastermind behind the hip hop and politically-oriented video blog “The Ill Doctrine” (illdoctrine.com), where he serves up contemporary observation on topics of race, politics, music, and pop culture. A leading voice in the sociopolitical realm, Smooth gained national attention with his video “How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist” and his TEDx Talk “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race.” Smooth entertains, challenges, and enlightens audiences with his funny, incisive perspective on music, politics, and culture, encouraging audiences to do their own critical thinking about the world, engage in conversations about cultural issues that matter, and find some common ground.
Here are some of his videos if you want to check them out:
TEDxHampshireCollege: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdxeFcQtaU
"How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ti-gkJiXc
An Old Person's Guide to "No Homo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJnlPP7jm5s