Africana studies

Media Ownership

Big corporations own most media, so news is shaped to protect profit and business interests.

Advertising

Media makes money by selling audiences to advertisers, so content avoids upsetting advertisers

Media Elite / Sourcing

Journalists rely on government and corporate sources, so news rarely challenges powerful people.

Flak

Back: Powerful groups attack or discredit media that criticizes them to control the narrative.

Common Enemy

Media creates fear (communists, terrorists, immigrants) to shape public opinion and justify power.

Manufacturing Consent

Media convinces people to accept harmful policies by making them seem normal or necessary.

1. Apology & Maafa Institute

Back: U.S. must formally apologize for slavery and create an institute to teach the African Holocaust.

Repatriation
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Black Americans have the right to return to Africa with financial support if they choose

Land

Transfer government land to support Black economic, educational, and health development.

Funds

Fund Black-owned cooperative businesses and create a Black Business Development Bank

Health & Wellness

Invest in Black-controlled hospitals and mental health care to heal racial trauma.

Education

Back: Fund African-centered education, HBCUs, and free education tied to community service.

Housing & WealtH

Build affordable housing and repair wealth loss from redlining and discrimination.

Media Infrastructure

Support Black-owned media to counter corporate-controlled narratives.

Sacred Sites

Preserve lynching sites, burial grounds, and destroyed Black towns.

Criminal Injusticc

: Repair harm from mass incarceration, restore voting rights, revise the 13th Amendment.