Artwork

Content provided by Robert Wesley Branch. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Robert Wesley Branch or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

The Beginnings of Blaxploitation

18:00
 
Share
 

Manage episode 224053388 series 2471687
Content provided by Robert Wesley Branch. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Robert Wesley Branch or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
This is the story of the beginnings of Blaxploitation. This is also the story of, perhaps, the biggest "pusherman" in your life - and the drug he is selling you: white gold, also known as sucrose, processed and refined sugar. This is, too, the story of the Dominican sugar plantations in the Caribbean - and the slave labor camps that keep workers in a perpetual state of poverty, so that Americans (and others) can indulge their sweet tooth 24/7. [TRWBS #233 - Sugar Blues - April 15, 2017.]
  continue reading

25 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 224053388 series 2471687
Content provided by Robert Wesley Branch. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Robert Wesley Branch or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
This is the story of the beginnings of Blaxploitation. This is also the story of, perhaps, the biggest "pusherman" in your life - and the drug he is selling you: white gold, also known as sucrose, processed and refined sugar. This is, too, the story of the Dominican sugar plantations in the Caribbean - and the slave labor camps that keep workers in a perpetual state of poverty, so that Americans (and others) can indulge their sweet tooth 24/7. [TRWBS #233 - Sugar Blues - April 15, 2017.]
  continue reading

25 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide