Special Guest: Jon Fortt, CNBC Anchor of Squawk Alley, former Fortune writer and Time editor and creator of The Black Experience in America.
Courage or Cringe?: Racial Migration, Elon Musk & Non Fungible Tokens, and Marvel announces its first gay Captain America.
Is an intentional race-based migration to consolidate political power a novel socio-economic strategy, or a recipe for balkanization and discord?
Do technology titans have an added layer of responsibility to wade into market and social conversations carefully, or is their disruptive spirit part of the DNA that makes them interesting?
Should our animated heroes and heroines, especially ones that speak to kids, reflect the identity issues of our modern sensibilities, or should social and identity issues be left to others to communicate?
Author Recommends Black Northerners Should Move Back to the South.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/the-devil-you-know-charles-m-blow.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/the-devil-you-know-charles-m-blow.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage)
Elon Musk turns down $1M offer for his NFT tweet.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/elon-musk-turns-down-1-million-offer-to-buy-his-tweet-as-an-nft.html (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/elon-musk-turns-down-1-million-offer-to-buy-his-tweet-as-an-nft.html)
Gay Captain America to Debut in Upcoming Marvel Comics Series
https://www.thewrap.com/gay-captain-america-marvel-comics/ (https://www.thewrap.com/gay-captain-america-marvel-comics/)
Learn more about Jon Fortt:
http://www.forttmedia.com/ (www.ForttMedia.com)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonfortt/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonfortt/)
Twitter: @jonfortt
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