New Feature: Making Politics Plain W/Busayo Twins + No Further Action W/"House Negro" Case - S2 EP13
Sep 27, 2024
New Feature: Making Politics Plain W/Busayo Twins + No
Further Action W/House Negro Case - S2 EP13
In this week's Black World News, the
UK police have said there will be "No Further Action" in Kehinde
Andrew's "house negro" non-case made by Calvin Harris in response
to Kehinde's "It's not a crime to call a Coconut a
Coconut" video calling out Calvin's "house negro" nonsense
video on YouTube. Today is also Kehinde's late wife, Dr Nicole
Andrew's birthday. Nicole passed away from triple negative breast
cancer two years ago, a cancer that disproportionately kills Black
women (three times more likely). Nicole's PhD (with no
corrections!) was looking at how to make public health images of
overweight and obesity with Black women, working with the
Birmingham City Council and Lewisham. In honor of her birthday, on
the Make it Plain YouTube channel we're resharing some content of
Nicole, including a talk "Sistas in the Struggle: The Radical
Feminism of the Black Panther Party" recorded during an
International Women's Day.
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This week, Kehinde Andrews is joined by
official guest Busayo Twins for a
new and potentially regular feature where they discuss Black issues
of the day.
This week they chop it up about the interesting intersections of
gender (social activism as more of a Black woman's than
Black man's duty), diaspora nationalism (being
Black and identification with UK/US eg Black British and
ADOS + FBA), the younger generation (their political
engagement), "Black mixed race" identity (being
the Black Mixed face of liberation campaigns), religion
(Christianity and Israel-Palestine), class
(uncoupling ourselves from capitalism), the need
for community education today (an online resource bank) and of
course Blackness
(#BlacknessIsTheIntersection).
They may make this a regular feature so follow + subscribe to stay
locked in for future episodes.
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Busayo Twins is a thought leader doing political
content online, including her show "Everything is Political" (get us all to realize
that there is politics in most things we talk about or engage in)
and Political Intrusive Thoughts. Busyao has been involved in the
London School of Economics (LSE) Students' Union as both president
and general secretary (social mobility and outreach stuff),
president of the African and Caribbean society at LSE, a strategic
policy advisor at the Office for Students (working on
closing attainment gaps), and community policy and strategy (at
Black Curriculum), and most recently as strategic business
development manager at ClearView Research (creating inclusive
research).
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Black World News Links
Sistas in the Struggle: The Radical Feminism of the Black
Panther Party
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rqScY7asQc
Writing through the C-word: things I know for sure by
Nicole Andrews
https://make-it-plain.org/2023/03/21/writing-through-the-c-word-things-i-know-for-sure/
Calling a spade a spade: my police statement on naming the House
Negroes by Kehinde Andrews
https://make-it-plain.org/2024/09/23/calling-a-spade-a-spade-my-police-statement-on-naming-the-house-negroes/
It's not a crime to call a Coconut a Coconut by Kehinde
Andrews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZkD-e-b6Iw&t=850s
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Official Guest Links
(IG) @busayotwins (TikTok)
@busayotwins
Busayo Twins' “Everything is Political” trailer on
Insta
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyh-KQeICIz/?hl=en
Busayo Twins “Everything is Political” 21+? Politics is
your priority on Insta
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-S5dYEIjy4/
Busayo Twins' Political Intrusive Thoughts on
Insta
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAVMM2eKDp5/
#Sayhername: Black Women's Stories of Police Violence and
Public Silence by Kimberle Crenshaw (Book)
https://www.aapf.org/shn-book
'How I Saw It Then, How I See It Now'—Michele Wallace
reflects on Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (article and
book)
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/2021-how-i-saw-it-then-how-i-see-it-now-michele-wallace-reflects-on-black-macho-and-the-myth-of-the-superwoman
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THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU
Harambee Organisation of Black Unity
(Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library,
Birmingham, UK)
https://www.blackunity.org.uk/
(IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham
Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource
Bank
We are creating an educational community
resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need.
Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black
education resource page on Make it Plain.
mip@blackunity.org.uk
CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19,
2025 (Everyone's Welcome*)
On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of
Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora
who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global
organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to
anyone.
*On the CAP Steering
Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at
LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to
ensure all Black people are included.
https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/
BUF - Black United Front
Global directory of
Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge
so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address,
website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be
listed.
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SOCIALS
Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews (X) @kehinde_andrews
Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck
@inhisownterms @farafinmuso
Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964
Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk
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For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/
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Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee
Organisation of Black Unity