Is Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover the start of a cultural whitewash?
This week on ‘Brown & Black,’ we examine what happens when the most powerful man in America seizes control of the nation’s most prestigious cultural institution.
The President’s takeover of the Kennedy Center has sparked fears of a whitewashing of African-American and Latino culture. From shrinking opportunities for artists of color to the threat against Spanish-language media, are we witnessing the beginning of state-run art in America?
Episode Summary:
- Discussing the definition of “white culture” and its relationship to power
- Discussion of Trump’s unprecedented control of the Kennedy Center
- Analysis of the dismissal of 18 board members and the cultural implications
- Debate on American culture as fundamentally rooted in Black culture
- Exploration of the potential future of Spanish language in mainstream media
- Examination of the potential impact on BET, Univision and Telemundo
- Discussion of how artists today might respond to cultural oppression
- A plea to listeners to resist cultural erasure
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