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.
From 1967-1971, H Rap Brown (now
The imperial aggressions of western governments have inflicted multiple holocausts on the Congolese people.
The corporate media cry crocodile tears over the apparent murder of an elite, CIA-connected “dissident,” while papering over US complicity in Saudi war crimes in Yemen.
The celebration of Columbus is a product of over five centuries of colonialism and capitalist development.
The anticipated reduction of US troops in Africa will be matched by an increase in killer drones.
