Poetry

Amina Norman-Hawkins

Are You Down for the Cause or Because?

Appreciating Hip-Hop’s Justice Roots By Edward Vogel, co-creator of “Rhymes and Reasons”   Hip-hop has become one of the biggest cultural phenomena of the last thirty years but it is often misunderstood, especially by people committed to social justice. How … Continue reading

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Explicit Content: It’s the Form That Counts

Debating So-Called “Conscious Hip-Hop” By Eric Roberts, co-creator of “Rhymes and Reasons”   Hip-hop’s detractors, even casual listeners, forget that rapping is an artform, with formal considerations like any other. In the battle for airtime, so-called “conscious hip-hop” cannot use … Continue reading

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All About US & Other Poems (video)

  Unbound is proud to bring you the spoken word of Ariana Salazar-Newton, a third generation Mexican-American and seminary student, talking about race, gender, sexuality, and class. All About US: An Immigration Poem During Economic Crisis Read Ariana’s poem originally … Continue reading

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All about US

A Poem September 13, 2011 by Ariana Salazar-Newton   The truth is it’s all about US— Our country and the white men on the American bucks. To them it is unintelligible that the borders crossed us; Still we’re the unwelcome … Continue reading

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