What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for the sake of violence, the violence itself, like consumption for the sake of consumption, hypermasculinity writ-large with an… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
MTV and the culture industry never are talking about community relevance, hood organization, they aren't talking about ethical codes, they aren't talking about forms of political organization, they don't speak about codes inside the jails. What they talk about are… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I can't marry myself to one idea or one form of doing politics or one form of understanding politics. I believe that we have… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive. — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
The Latin American Left, the criollos, direct descendents of Spaniards, they don't want to accept that they are the whites of Latin America. They… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it is only… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I believe the advantage music has is the capacity to multiply itself, the capacity to keep itself in space and access itself at different… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
A white leftist Mexican activist isn't the same in the media as the son of a farmer in Guerrero, they aren't worth the same.… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
European militants recognize Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the Mexican militants followed their example and legitimated his work because the Europeans said, "Hey, Mumia Abu-Jamal is… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I think in terms of the themes that I have worked on most is establishing questions of race in the context of Latin America.… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
When you arrive really inside the discussion of race, practically they institute a Mexican-ness, a Latin-ness, a racial community that just isn't true. So,… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
The racial question, and thus class struggle, of course, I think they are processes which necessarily are intersecting all the time. I understand that… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
It is not like the white Republican, the conservative, who clears it up for you and says, "I don't like you", to your face… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
