Afronerd Radio

Happy Holidays, folks!  Welcome to the latest edition of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review broadcast, airing this Wednesday at 7:30pm (EST).  The topics du jour to be discussed by your hosts, Dburt and Capt. Kirk are: picking up from our last show, just what did happen regarding the tragic police shooting of a 12 year old youngster who was playing with fake pistol and does this spell an epidemic or something else; a broader discussion of Hollywood's continued antagonism toward Black actors portraying historical/biblical figures (and even fantasy figures, a la John Boyega as a Stormtrooper); more Ferguson fallout-MSNBC correspondent, Joe Scarborough's rant versus the five St. Louis Rams players' recent "hands up, don't shoot!" gesture; advancing a topic from The Music Snobs podcast- is Black American music on it's way out? (did you see the AMAs?) and lastly, after a Black man gets stopped by a police officer for walking with his hands in his pockets (in the winter) and both video tape each other, the truth st