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Episode 282, May 16, 2026 - "Don't Believe the Hype" - Public Enemy
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Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I am your host, Neo Griot.
This week's title is "Don't Believe the Hype" from Public Enemy — because this episode is about the stories power tells to hide what power is actually doing.
The hype tells us redistricting is just a technical process carried out by people with maps, computers, and respectable job titles. The truth is that redistricting is how political power decides which communities count, which get carved up, and which get to turn population into representation.
The hype tells us the economy is stable because national numbers…
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