Carlos Andrés Gómez on Masculinty in Hip Hop and the Media
I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with award-winning poet, actor, and writer Carlos Andrés Gómez while he continued his Book tour for Man-Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood. We spoke on the influence media had on him from a very young age, what trends he sees in media today and we also spoke about Hip […]
Picasso Baby, The Art Culture revolution
Hip Hop has been on an ongoing evolution since it’s commercial rise in the 80s. Birthed between a Rock and a Hard place in a dark alley where, consequently, a rose grew from a crack in the concrete, Hip Hop became a steam-roll culture collecting and growing on the minds of American youth. Inspired by […]
Consequence of Pepper Spray
The Occupy movements across the country have instilled new feelings of unity amongst certain individuals. The population of this country has a history of being affected by various social labels that lead to gaping divisions. This case has never been more evident than in the Incident at the University of California Davis, on Friday November […]
The Race Card and the ripple effect.
The Race Card is most commonly known as the act of pointing out a racially ignorant instance. This term very explicitly belittles the issue, because of its connotation, it holds a cliché tone. When the issue is truly due to race, it is difficult for it to be taken serious seeing as the “Race Card,” […]
Say Abstract 