Juneteenth, Mamdani, Black America's Generational Political Divide (RSH Adam's Riffs 7.4.2025)

A solo episode by Adam Hudson. Adam will be doing his own separate solo, fireside chat style episodes called “Adam’s Riffs.” In this riff/episode, Adam talks about his Juneteenth performances, the history of Juneteenth, Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City primary mayoral election, African-American identity, and the generational political divide within Black America. (Recorded June 29, 2025; addendum recorded on June 30, 2025)

 

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Links, research related to episode: 

• New York primary election 2025 results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/results-new-york-primary.html 
• Mamdani won the millennial vote; Black millennials among his biggest supporters https://x.com/OwenWntr/status/1937812968634253501 
• What Is Juneteenth? https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-juneteenth 
• Black Political Engagement: From Reconstruction to the Modern Era https://blackdemographics.com/culture/black-politics/ 
• African-American Ethnic Heritage https://blackdemographics.com/african-american-ethnic-heritage/ 
• “African-American” dates back to the late 1700s https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/arts/use-of-african-american-dates-to-nations-early-days.html 
• Voting Patterns in the 2024 Election https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voting-patterns-in-the-2024-election/#gender-and-race-in-voting-preferences-in-2024 
• Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5447450/trump-2024-election-non-voters-coalition 
• How Black Americans Are Raising a Generation of Kids Who Don’t Understand Blackness https://www.theroot.com/how-black-americans-are-raising-a-generation-of-kids-wh-2000047607 
• Young Gen Z is more conservative and Trump-friendly, while older Zoomers are more progressive https://www.vox.com/politics/414266/republican-conservative-two-gen-z-young-voter-trumpier-progressive 
• Stats on interracial marriage https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/05/18/1-trends-and-patterns-in-intermarriage/ 

 

Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.