Black Panthers to Higher Brothers: Blackness and Anti-Blackness in China

Why did the Black Panthers get offered asylum in China?  Why did W.E.B Du Bois change his mind about Mao? In this episode I am speaking with Dr. Keisha Brown about Sino-Black Relations. Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University. She is a historian and Asian studies scholar whose work examines the representations of blackness in Modern China.

Dr. Brown on Twitter: @DocKBrown85

Recommendations 

• Teaching China Through Black History
• “Blackness in Exile: W.E.B. Du Bois’ Role in the Formation of Representations of Blackness as Conceptualized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).” Phylon 53. 2 (Winter 2016): 20-33.
• “Keisha Brown” chapter in Trailblasian: Black Women Expats in East Asia Anthology.  T.K. McLennon, ed. (June 2014).
• Homegrown Podcast 
• NPR Code Switch Podcast
• Babylon East: Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan by Marvin Sterling 
• Afro Asia by Fred Ho & Bill Mullen (Editors)

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Intro Music
Tadow by Masego + Fkj

Outro Music
暴风雨/ Storm by Higher Brothers