Part 1. Jamarlin Martin discusses how J. Edgar Hoover's goal to water down and neutralize strong Black politics involved informants and agents trading money and status for the water-down. How did Black American politics become so corporate, elitist and pro-status quo? Have the mind and values of the traditional informant been injected into the Black political bloodstream? Jamarlin discusses Pharrell Williams' term, the "new Black," that ignores race and how he partnered with the Israel Defense Forces. Jamarlin also discusses how COVID-19 is going to fix the new Black bubble and pop it, for the good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices