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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: Digital Blackface and Spectacularizing Blackness with Dr. Francesca Sobande
Description: Today's Historic Story: Ray Charles vs. ElvisEvery time we hop on Twitter, Instagram, or any other social platform, we’re running into brands who use insidious tactics to get into our pockets. From "Black" CGI influencers to brands that align themselves as Black allies when they just want Black dollars, it's all digital anti-Blackness and it's causing more harm than we may know. Leading today's conversation is Dr. Francesca Sobande. She's a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. She’s a researcher and...