Kyle Mays, who teaches at the African American Studies Department and the Native American Center at UCLA, says Hip Hop “builds solidarity between the two communities,” which share a complex history of slavery, displacement and state violence. Mays is author of the book, Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in North America.Water rights and climate change are connected with larger political empowerment issues. “We need to somehow deal with the issue of returning land to native peoples,” said Mays, who is of Black and Native American ancestry.
The Haitian market woman has been marginalized by the same forces that oppress and prey on her nation.
Even cops that testify before the board have had their files updated. “’Totally inappropriate,’ said the city’s newly elected Black mayor.”
Since AFRICOM was created, key indicators of security and stability in Africa have plummeted.
The bulk of peoples targeted in vicious US economic wars are outside the Eurocentric spheres and overwhelming people of color.
US Was Model for South African Apartheid
