I recently attended a debate at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The debaters were Steve Stoute and William C. Rhoden and they were discussing whether or not culture and sports are in a "post-black" moment.
Stoute, former music exec and current CEO/Founder of Translation Marketing and author of The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Culture Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy. Tanning posits that the transcendent power of hip-hop culture where race is less significant is helping to reinvigorate and revitalize the American dream.
Rhoden, Current New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete. In Forty Rhoden discusses how African-American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, but still find themselves on the periphery of the true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built. (source)
The debate was lively and so was the crowd! Here are a few stills and a quick video. (Sorry for the shaky hands! I used my phone)
Stoute, former music exec and current CEO/Founder of Translation Marketing and author of The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Culture Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy. Tanning posits that the transcendent power of hip-hop culture where race is less significant is helping to reinvigorate and revitalize the American dream.
Rhoden, Current New York Times columnist and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Black Athlete. In Forty Rhoden discusses how African-American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, but still find themselves on the periphery of the true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built. (source)
The debate was lively and so was the crowd! Here are a few stills and a quick video. (Sorry for the shaky hands! I used my phone)
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