Anthropologist aaron fox, and fox writes Country Music is widely disparaged in racialized terms and assertions of its badness are frequently framed in specifically racial terms. For many cosmopolitan americans specifically, country is bad music because its precisely understood as a claim to witness, not as a condition of lacking or trying to shed race, but as a marked foregrounded claim of cultural identity of bad whiteness, unredeemed by ethnicity, progressive politics or elite musical culture. So i want us to think about that. Country music as articulating, conveying this type of very marked white particularity. Thats the first quote. The second is from the writer and historian Roxanne Dunbar ortiz, and her book red dirt which is a great memoir of growing up in oklahoma. She writes Country Music, evangelism, romanticism, patriotism, and White Supremacy have been able to coalesce my people, the descendants of the original settlers as a peoplianited despite class differences or social
Airline stocks are popping after the government gave approval to a different way to disinfect surface onz planes american, united, delta, theyre all up 8 or so. S p 500, nasdaq set for a record close. With he have 59 minutes left of trade. Brian, good to have you onboard. Yeah. Good to be here on a day where there seems to be a lot gf news. The markets are powering higher again. We have a long way to go two hours. Coming up, you remember herbalife. They sparked wall streets most epic battles on the Halftime Report it is reinvigorated, more than doubling from the march lows and our interview with the ceo is coming up later on. Were going to be joined by Penny Pritzker and ask her about the democrats economic platform and how a Biden Administration would tackle the coronavirus are your taxes going up . Were going to ask her directly. Right now lets focus in on the big stories that were watching to day mike santoli, as always, watching all the Market Action joining us to talk about the la
Arrested across europe 1st police crime can encrypted Channel Network used by organized crime gangs. Welcome to the program a day after the u. S. Registered its biggest rise in the number of coronavirus cases theres been some positive news for the economy 4800000 people went back to work last month taking the Unemployment Rate down to 11 point one percent but it still means only 7 and a half 1000000 of the 22000000. 00 people whove lost their jobs since the pandemic have returned to the workplace and the gap between Unemployment Rates for black people and white people white and further in june at 5. 3 percent its the biggest spread since may 2015 and with coronavirus cases now rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the u. S. The task of getting the economy back up and running is proving ever more challenging. U. S. President will trump was quick to claim victory saying the new employment numbers prove the economy is roaring back to life this is not just luck whats happening this is a lot
Down again that reopening trade getting slammed. You can see that in the airlines there all taking a hit today later, check out this ride shares of avis budget, up 300 from the march lows. Getting a boost in the red hot used car market. The ceo will join us power lunch starts right now thanks energy and financials are leading the declines today they are down way more than that stall worth technology sector. Bob has more on this Early Morning reversal same story. Teches still out performing energy, financial, other cyclicals. Not a good start to earnings season big miss on earnings and very poor guidance. Walgreens has not been a good stock. Thats real problem. I think they may be basicing market mentality banks same story Huntington Bank was 5 goes to 12 its back to 8 again. Its an invertsed v. Whats moving the market theres five things. Is the reopening going well or not. Lets call it bumpy. Is stimulus coming maybe theres less good news on treatment advancing. Thats good news elsewhe
Infections low while england grapples with a high number of cases its an icon of its stand bulls skyline a powerful symbol of turkish history decision is now pending to turn the status of the i use of fear back into a mosque. And its for liverpool manager youre going top says his team will attack not defend the premier league title next season is team now getting ready to play Manchester City having secured top spot with 7 games to spare. So tension remains high in ethiopia 3 days after a popular singer and activist was murdered touch island has been laid to rest along a funeral in his home town of just west of the capital his political songs provided a soundtrack for antigovernment protests that ultimately led to a new Prime Minister in 28. However it was his death that kicked off the violence that saw more than 80 People Killed now the military has even been deployed will stop with the support from shell a bit less. People gathered in addis ababa to school the casket of popular music