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From Black Face to Black Twitter: Dr. Jannette Dates on Narratives of Black Humor

Photo Courtesy Dr. Jannette Dates

Today, the history of humor in the African American community.  Tom's guest is Dr. Janette Dates, a former Dean of the Howard University School of Communications . With her colleague, Dr. Mia Moody Ramirez, Dr. Dates has written a book that traces the evolution of Black humor from African story tellers to modern day icons of popular culture.  The book is called From Blackface to Black Twitter: Reflections on Black Humor, Race, Politics and Gender.

Our conversation was streamed live on Facebook. Clickhere to watch the video.  

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