Who Gets to Define Black America? Black Panther, Tuskegee, Immigration & Nolan Wells [GM4UovqCuk7]
The latest episode of Lost in the Script TV starts with David Jonsson being cast as the adult T’Challa II in Black Panther 3 and whether Marvel truly answered the #RecastTChalla movement or avoided continuing the original character’s story (2:23). The conversation then turns to Tomi Adeyemi publicly rejecting her experience making Children of Blood and Bone and how Hollywood may try to market the film to Black American audiences (19:34). In legal news, Keffe D’s old police interview will be used in the Tupac murder trial after years of public interviews and podcast appearances (22:37). Tuskegee University’s restrictions on bonnets, durags, pajamas, and other casual clothing spark a larger debate over professionalism, respectability politics, and whether these items should be considered part of Black American culture (25:01). The episode also examines Black-owned businesses accused of discriminating against Black workers (55:43), immigrant political influence and the limits of changing the American system from within (1:02:20), and Thomas Sowell’s different explanations for Black American and immigrant economic outcomes (1:14:10). Finally, new questions emerge in the Nolan Wells investigation after an audio engineer isolates disputed background sounds from the boat’s distress call (1:31:51), followed by the tragic killing of 13-year-old Darryl Lowry and the failures of America’s foster-care system (1:47:35). Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro / Culture Without Control (2:23) - Black Panther 3, David Jonsson & the New T’Challa (19:34) - Tomi Adeyemi Rejects Children of Blood and Bone (22:37) - Keffe D, Tupac & the Podcast Interview Used as Evidence (25:01) - Tuskegee’s Bonnet and Durag Policy (34:38) - A Personal Story About Dressing With Pride (39:48) - Tuskegee Students Respond to the Controversy (52:37) - HBCU Affordability & Lineage-Based Scholarships (55:43) - Anti-Black Discrimination Inside a Black-Owned Business (1:02:20) - Immigration, Assimilation & Political Power (1:11:56) - MLK on Why Black Americans Are Not Immigrants (1:14:10) - Thomas Sowell, Culture & Black Economic Progress (1:20:22) - Foreign Artists, Black Audiences & Cultural Extraction (1:23:45) - FBA, Dual Allegiances & Black American Nationalism (1:31:51) - New Questions in the Nolan Wells Investigation (1:47:35) - Darryl Lowry & the Failure of the Foster-Care System (1:51:18) - Closing #BlackAmerican #BlackCulture #BlackPanther3 #TuskegeeUniversity #NolanWells #FBA #ADOS