Socialism is Simple: Black Don’t Support It Like White People Do

Socialism is Simple: Black Don’t Support It Like White People Do

From The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen by wakeupamericashow

July 16, 2026 · 1h 52m

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The episode discusses the differing support for socialism among Black and white Democrats, alongside cultural commentary on European broadcasting practices.

SOCIALISM IS BLACK AND WHITEA poll came out of Michigan this week showing the socialist winning white Democrats and getting destroyed by Black Democrats in the same primary, and the explanation the internet landed on within the hour was that Black voters secretly agree but have been beaten into silence by a wicked country. We take that apart with a street in Detroit that no longer exists. Then we head to Europe, where a committee of publicly funded broadcasters just published twenty-three pages of cartoon diagrams instructing camera operators how to point a lens at a woman running, five years after that same continent fined a team of women a hundred and fifty euros apiece for putting shorts on. And the U.S. House voted 308 to 117 this week on what time it is, so we brought in Camellia Peterson to explain why the clock in Jefferson City is federal property.🏛️ SOCIALISM IS SIMPLE: BLACK AND WHITE — The Detroit News poll broke 67-21 for the moderate among Black Democrats and 51-39 for Abdul El-Sayed among white Democrats. We get into Hastings Street, Black Bottom, the Chrysler Freeway, and what James Baldwin actually said after the famous line. Plus the DSA's own membership survey…

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