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What being Chicano means (When You Don’t Speak Spanish)

Somehow, they always know. I could be getting a haircut, asking for help at the local Mi Pueblo, or crossing the street. It doesn’t matter. Any person of Hispanic descent can recognize their brother with a mythic accuracy….right?

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Childish Gambino Returns at Just the Right Time with “This Is America”

In the wake of a Kanye-fueled media storm that’s given America a distraction from far more pertinent matters, Donald Glover, a.k.a. …

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How Hip Hop Prepared Me For A Trump Presidency

Hip hop is — and has always been — rebellion in musical form. Since its inception in the late 1970s, it has challenged and shocked the status quo…

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