Reflection on Trigger Warning w/ Killer Mike Episode

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In class on Tuesday, January 21st, we watched an episode of Trigger Warning with Killer Mike. Even though I didn’t agree with everything in the episode, I thought that they made some valid points. One thing in the episode that I thought had a very interesting perspective was Killer Mike’s point of view on segregation. What Killer Mike described was that although segregation had a lot of negative aspects, he described how one positive thing about segregation was the fact that black people had to get all of their good/services from other black people. Therefore, “black dollars” were being recycled through the black ecosystem, making the black economy more sustainable. However, now that we’ve desegregated, many white goods/services have taken over the market, and a lot of times we (black people) will purchase a lot of these goods/services without even thinking about it, over possibly purchasing these products through black retailers. Throughout the episode, as Killer Mike was purchasing only black goods/services in Atlanta and Athens, I found it surprising to see such a drastic difference between the availability of black goods and services in Atlanta, vs. Athens. In Atlanta, Killer Mike was able to find black food, black cellphones, etc. very easily, but in Athens, black goods/services were nearly scarce. Overall, the episode gave me a very interesting perspective and it gave me a lot to think about.