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I believe the example of the Zapatistas is a very relevant historical example.

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I think that in the colonial imaginary of the average Mexican, in how it drives us, the economic dependence on the US, and in some cases cultural dependence, is quite palpable, very strong.
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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”.
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The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descendants who were the new administrators of power and wealth in the country.
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Changed Country Independent Latin Owner
We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily.
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I am conscious of how my body signifies in every space. In every place of the world our body has a different significance.
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They have to add up all those processes and articulate those privileges to try to equalize the historical process.
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There are situations in which a smile, a laugh, a greeting are racist exercises.
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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.
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And those families for generations have maintained themselves in positions of power. Latin America founded itself on everyone being equal, but in reality we aren’t.
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I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.
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The racial question, and thus class struggle, of course, I think they are processes which necessarily are intersecting all the time.
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I understand that there are moments they disassociate, but in the end they are things that go walking together practically all the time.
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I believe the example of the Zapatistas is a very relevant historical example.
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I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it is only about doing politicization work. Revolutionary change will come from there, it won’t come from conscious rap.
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A lot of the exercise of embracing identity as a political affirmation is not just simply parked in the question of skin color or culture, but more it is a political affirmation with all these implications and more.
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I think in terms of the themes that I have worked on most is establishing questions of race in the context of Latin America.
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I believe the example of the Zapatistas is a very relevant historical example.

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