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.
“Sub-Saharan Africa faces an extraordinary level of energy poverty.”
“Collusion continues not between Trump and Russians, but between intelligence agencies, the media and American politicians with hidden agendas.”
“People Have a Right to Go Into a Restaurant and Have Dinner”
“With each passing day under Trump, the mythology of US exceptionalism becomes more fragile.”
“Cutting-edge biomedical technology actually perpetuates certain inequalities.”
