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"Gil Scot-Heron’s 1970 song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is a touchstone in the modern history of black protest music, and at its heart is a radical skepticism of American media and consumer culture as viable channels for articulating black life and advocating for social change. But what do we make of this in our current moment -- after so much change in the media landscape and such uneven progress in racial justice? In this public event, black scholar and critic David Ikard will join Dave Junker’s Pop Star Activism class for a critical discussion of black activism and consumer culture, with a focus on Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Feedom” at the 2016 BET Awards, use of the same song in an Apple Watch commercial, and Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad campaign."
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