Posts Tagged ‘social justice’
What Does The Future Look Like For Black People? (Mini-Documentary)
June 16, 2016
So dope! Afrofuturism. A way for Black people to see themselves in a bright future, almost in stark opposition to what most art forms hold for them. Seems like just what the people crave, has always been here… in our music. While movies and television beyond, say, Star Trek and the like, leave us out of the bright future, there is incredible music that puts us front, center, Black and strong!
Black people are rarely featured in sci-fi and fantasy films — that is, unless that Black person is Will Smith. How do Black people get to exist in the future? Afrofuturism, a scholarly and artistic movement that imagines the future through Black people’s experiences is one answer. The term was coined in 1994 by culture critic Mark Dery in his “Black to the Future” essay.
Parliament, Dr. Dre, Andre 3K, Janelle Monae… yeah, our music Afrofuturists are a good look… and help us look forward to a good place in the future!
Posted in Activism, Education, Film, History, Progressive, Videos | 
Tags: Afrofuturism, Black to the Future, Future, Mark Dery, social justice, What does the future look like for black people? | 
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Killer Mike With Advice To White Americans And More On ‘The Late Show’ With Stephen Colbert (Video)
January 8, 2016
Let’s borrow Larry Wilmore’s catch phrase and apply it to the guest former Comedy Central cohort Stephen Colbert had on just recently: The man Killer Mike kept it 100 (and then some) on the The Late Show, didn’t he? Hitting a variety of hot topics with Colbert: Ferguson, Baltimore, race relations in general, stumping for his Presidential candidate of choice Bernie Sanders and so much more.
Posted in Activism, Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Interview, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Bernie Sanders, empowerment, Feel The Bern, Race, social justice, Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | No Comments »
Afrika Bambaataa Talks Violence in Hip-Hop & Black Spades Days (Video)
May 5, 2015
Arguing over foolishness…Just do the music and put it out there. There’s room for everybody.
– Afrika Bambaataa
Listen to the legend when he’s talking, children of Hip-Hop. Here’s Bambaataa speaking on industry illusions and mind control, beef between Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj and between others, views on use of the N-word, his days in the Black Spades gang (and some positive aspects from it) and much more.
Posted in Celebrity, Hip-Hop, Series, Videos | Tags: Afrika Bambaataa, Black Spades, Music Industry, social justice, Violence, Violence in Hip-Hop | No Comments »
