About this episode

The episode discusses the construction of consciousness and the ways power shapes perception and memory.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I’m your host, Neo Griot. This week’s title comes from Blackalicious’ Brain Washers, and it captures something essential about the moment we are living through. The song is not merely about lies. It is about the construction of consciousness itself. It is about the way power reaches beyond laws and beyond force to shape perception, to rewrite memory, to organize fear, and to train people to participate in their own subjugation. Here is...

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Host: Neo Griot

Topics covered

• consciousness
• power
• perception
• subjugation
• memory
• fear

Keywords

• consciousness
• power
• perception
• subjugation
• fear
• memory
• Blackalicious

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Brain Washers

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