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
Businesses around the lake merritt area were vandalized now nearly 700 people took to the streets to demand justice for blake and theyre also asking. For Police Accountability along with fundamental change nationwide. Throughout the country for multiple Police Departments now opd also says protesters temporarily shut down traffic on the i 5. 80. Over on 19th street that station in downtown oakland. It was also closed down now again police are investigating police say no officers were injured, but were still waiting to hear word that one of the protesters were injured, we also are asking for a dollar amount on the damage that was done here in oakland overnight for now reporting here in oakland raider harvey kron 4 news thank you reyna and remember at one of the protests and kenosha wisconsin on tuesday night. Somebody opened fire on the protesters killing 2 people. And injuring a 3rd. We have video of that as were about to tell you. The shooter has turned himself into authorities take a
Use and access to coffee during the warld. Jake wynn and kyle dalton compared union and confederate soldiers and take questions via chat. The National Museum of civil war medicine provided this video. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this new program were trying out. Were having a morning conversation over coffee. Im kyle dalton, the membership and development coordinator. And im jake wynn. Im the director of interpretation for the National Museum of civil war medicine and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and time in washington, d. C. And im in frederick, maryland, know. To our main location, the cardi building. Were happy for you joining us this morning, especially for those on the west coast. Today were talking about coffee. So ive got my cup of joe right here in the appropriately branded mug. And i see you have yours there. Yes, im supporting George Mason University today. We support education. So my coffee, you could see it behind me here, it is new mexico p
Experience of union and confederate soldiers and take viewer questions via chat. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this new program were trying out. Were having a morning conversation over coffee. Im kyle dalton, the membership and Development Coordinator and yeah, im jake winn. And i am in washington, d. C. And im in frederick, maryland, next to our main location. We are happy to have all of you joining us this Morning Bright and early. Especially for the unfortunate viewers on the west coast. Like i said, today were talking about coffee. So ive got my cup of joe right here in the appropriately branded mug. You got yours there, jake . Yes, im supporting George Mason University today. We support education. Thats so my coffee, you can see it behind me here, its new mexico coffee which is really tasty. I made it in my french press here with filtered water. I do enjoy my coffee, fresh ground is best because that releases the flavors. If you buy Ground Coffee, we were watchi
Visibility below a mile right now and thats what were seeing elsewhere right along the pretty foggy morning right out the coast, you may have noticed some coastal drizzles a lot of do on the streets this morning right along the pacific. So we make our way into the afternoon fog continues to burn off and lots of sunshine makes its return that will make for a really pleasant monday afternoon around the corner right now were still in the 50s 60s pretty mild start to the day but pretty familiar territory similar to where we have been starting our mornings and we are going to be much the same into the afternoon to a lot like we were this weekend with just a few 90s for inland cities, 70s, 80s and 60s elsewhere in the bay area. Daria. Thanks a lot john 71 and lets get to the top story, the fall semester for oakland is here the kids are starting school today virtually online yeah weve got the spending this last week distributing computers and wifi hot spots to students who need them. There ar