Episode 039 | "Joke Ting"

In this week’s episode, issues of race, clout and justice are the main topics. Kicking things off the group discuss Steven’s mid-week social media strategy (9:55) and then move onto WMYS (17:45), the highlight being Kieran’s first-ever live show in Amsterdam, performing his mixtape in full, ‘Free Lowki’. The group talk about a controversial TV sketch from a BBC Three program that reinforced negative stereotypes about Jamaicans (32:33) and then touch on (52:45) a recent debate between Poet, a UK media personality and a large sports company, over claims they copied his design for a football boot. After another shooting of a black man (Jacob Blake) by a police officer in America was caught on film, police brutality is again brought up (60:17). Boris Johnson gets his knickers in a twist (68:20) about ‘British culture being wiped out’ after ‘Rule Britannia’ received criticism due to racist overtones of its lyrics, which is discussed in detail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.