Everyones linking the great fifteen minute interview with Adolph Reed. Heres a key passage: *** Reed: Following popular culture has been considered to be much more of a political act. And debates in popular culture have been seen to be carrying much more political significance of their own than has ever been the case previously. And its happened at the same time when the economic conditions of most of the population are becoming more and more vulnerable. It just feels like a classic form of bread and circuses, basically. Q: Meaning that the discourses were seeing around popular culture are displacing or obscuring the more important conversation we need to be having in reality. Reed: Well, ultimately, yes. If pushed I would say that. Job insecurity, wage insecurity, continuing crisis of affordable housing, the complete destruction of public education with New Orleans being one and Philly following close behind. This is the kind of stuff which doesnt fit neatly into sound bites. Q: Or tweets. Reed: Tweets especially. ***
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