We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization very close to being a "Panther Baby". He knew, he came from that experience of the Black Panthers,… — 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
The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for the sake… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
If I stop today at a protest and I read a speech, it is a speech that remains in that moment, and whoever captures… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
