F*ck tha Police: Profanity is Reality

N.W.A. has had a long lasting impression on rap and hip-hop music. The 90’s rap group is known for being very rebellious, selling millions of records, and making gangster rap accessible to the masses. They amassed a group of people who absolutely despised their music and the messages they were promoting, however they had a…

Art is a Vicious and Exhausting Cycle: a presentation on Fuego

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk to some students about what it was like to be on Fuego del Corazon. Fuego del Corazon, or Fuego, is a latin dance team in Boston College and is celebrating 16 years since its inauguration. This year, after so much hard work, Fuego won the…

What Happens When We Take The BITCH Out the Way

Listen to THIS FIRST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw429JGL5zo “Move bitch, get out the way ” – Ludacris, Word of Mouf. Since 2001, Ludacris has been trying to get the “bitch” to move. I decided to help him out and, quite literally, took the word ‘bitch’ out of the song . But instead of only imagining the ‘what if’s’…

The “Pet Negro” and Valuation of Blackness

In part II of The “Pet Negro” System, Hurston exposes how white society views Black worth at both an individual and general level, associating these with the South and the North, respectively.  At the beginning of part II, Hurston writes “The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the…