Back in 2008 this pilot was considered, “too hot” for prime time. Station managers feared the reactions of the right and left alike to the centrist libertarian and non conformist voice of Neo Blaqness. This podcast contains a power packed monologue that confronted, head on, the racism that permeated the 2008 presidential race.
Listen as Neo Blaqness takes on the controversy of Rev. Jeremiah Wright comparing and contrasting the candidacies of Barack Obama and John McCain over the issue of patriotism and its very real impact within the black community as the country and the world contemplated the election of America’s first black president.
Instead of a loud voice spewing party line rhetoric of the right or left, The American Spectrum is where intelligence meets passion. Neo’s engaging deconstructionist style revisits the pages of history to find the lessor known or forgotten truths that apply to today. Applying this standard to the shenanigans of the 2008 Presidential Campaign produced this classic and masterful review of race, religion, and politics in America.
