Shifting the Balance of Power with Dr. Joy James (Dec 2020)

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Do you think you know about power? Do you think you know about control? Abolitionist scholar Dr. Joy James shared a theory with Jay back in December 2020 that explores the one specific condition required for Black liberation to occur. All is revealed in this—The Best of Black History Year. _____________ Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people who are leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. Hosting BHY is Jay (2020-2023) and Darren Wallace (2024). The BHY production team includes Jareyah Bradley and Brooke Brown. Our producers are Cydney Smith and Len Webb for PushBlack, and Lance John with Gifted Sounds edits and engineers the show. BHY’s executive producers are Julian Walker and Lilly Workneh. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, we the people, we the power.
0:03.6	It's the best of Black History year. You think you know about control?
0:14.0	Abolitionist scholar Dr Joy James shared a theory with J
0:19.0	back in December of 2020 that explores the one specific condition required for black liberation to occur.
0:26.4	All is revealed in this episode of the Best of Black History Year. three years.
0:37.0	Frederick Douglass had it exactly right, and we must never forget.
0:42.3	Power concedes nothing without a demand.
0:45.6	It never did and it never will.
0:49.1	Welcome to Push Black's Black History Year.
0:51.8	I'm Jay.
0:52.4	Thanks for giving us some time today.
0:55.0	As we think about what's needed to achieve black liberation, we always have to
1:00.4	remember that changing the balance of power in our society is crucial.
1:06.4	Freedom and autonomy cannot be separated and we can have neither without shifting the
1:12.0	balance of power.
1:14.2	In economics, in policing, in politics,
1:18.2	in the labor force in schools, in every system that influences our lives.
1:25.0	Much of season two has been about wrestling with these big themes of power and control.
1:32.0	So we could think of no one better than renowned abolitionist and scholar
1:37.2	Dr. Joy James to help us begin to understand these ideas as they relate to what she calls revolutionary struggle.
1:45.0	She's the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College.
1:49.0	She's authored resisting state violence and seeking the beloved community and edited anthologies
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