In Class with Carr, Ep. 333: Black Odysseys/White Facts

This week’s session continues to explore struggles for political power and cultural survival in hostile, nativist Social Structures. Even as politicians of African descent continue to be elected, even in spaces with majority non-African voters, the challenge to conform, integrate or culturally neuter in order to demonstrate trustworthiness persists. Hard White nationalists such as those who have momentarily captured the federal government push desperately to neuter potential voting power of others and risk an implosion of their existing structural advantage by attacking carefully curated national myths that hold the polity together, at least tangentially. Meanwhile, filmmaker Christopher Nolan‘s latest movie, “The Odyssey,” has begun to make huge global profits. People are hungry for Cultural Meaning-Making that feeds seemingly archetypical myths. Contrasting cherished Western archetypes like the Homeric myth with intra-racial satirizations such as “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” and elder narratives like the Ancient Egyptian story of Sinhue/Sanhat, we explore how long-view African memory–or “Black Odysseys”--can be used to both gain perspective and regain the Momentum of Memory. In a moment when a White Nationalist US federal government is working overtime to destroy all lines between fact and fiction, the value of collective learning and developing our abilities, is more critical than ever. With soaring prices of higher education increasingly out of reach for most, renewed efforts to reshape readily accessible public spaces for learning also increase. As we continue to jailbreak learning during the US semiquincentennial year, we ask again the question W.E.B. Du Bois asked before departing permanently for Africa: When it comes to collective movement and institution building within African and other spaces, “Whither Now and Why?” Join us at https://www.knarrative.com and download the Knubia app through your app store or by visiting https://community.knarrative.com. Follow Dr. Carr: https://www.drgregcarr.com https://x.com/AfricanaCarr Follow Karen Hunter: https://karenhuntershow.com https://x.com/karenhunter   / karenhuntershow   Follow on X: https://x.com/knarrative_ https://x.com/inclasswithcarr Follow on Instagram   / knarrative     / inclasswithcarr   #InClasswithCarr #odyssey #history #blackhistory #news #Knarrative #GregCarr #KarenHunter #Movies Like, Share, and Subscribe