We speak with organizer, artist, journalist, and now author Rocky Rivera about her new book Snakeskin. “Snakeskin” is a collection of essays that have shaped the artist you’ve come to know as Rocky Rivera. It brilliantly captures a pivotal time in San Francisco as Hip Hop music and culture was evolving. Its brutally honest as […]
Black and Asian Solidarity in the Face of Hate…
We speak with Oakland city councilwoman Carroll Fife and long time activist Dr. Connie Wu about the recent uptick in crimes and attacks on the elderly in Chinatown. We talk about the divisive tactics used by Oakland Mayor Libby Shaaf to pit Black and Asian communities against one another as she erroneously and disingenuously attributes […]
White Liberalism, Neo Colonialism and the Struggle for Black Progress.
We speak with scholars Lasana Hotep and Dr. Michael Benitez about the confluence of white and neoliberal, and neo-colonialist influences on contemporary ideologies and practices of social policy. We look at the history of ‘the white moderate’ described by Dr. Martin Luther King in his famous ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail.’ In the letter, King […]
Quarantine Mix 79-Dance Only if Its Funky
Last Quarantine mix we explored the world of Jazz flavored, jazz inspired Hip Hop… On this one we bring to forefront Funk.. The whole Funk and nothing but the funk.. From GoGo to James Brown to thumping P-Funk to Larry Graham bass slapping grooves… It’s the stuff that Bernie who is pictured below would like.. […]
A Tribute to Baseball Legend Hank Aaron
We speak with long time sports journalist Dave Zirin of the Nation Magazine and The Edge of Sports about the sudden passing of baseball legend Hank Aaron. Many consider him to be the greatest baseball player to ever take the field. Later in the show, Rosa Clemente speaks with poet Jessica CARE Moore about the […]
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