JOURNALISM FROM ROSA CLEMENTE
Speaking Truth To Power
Eyewitness: The Sean Bell Verdict
[highlight] * Policemen are institutionalized to fear Black men * Every day, I fear that my husband, a Black man won't come home because of NYPD * We need a national movement against police brutality [/highlight] A few hours after three New York City police...
All Eyes on Her
The Source sexual harassment trial vindicates Kim Osorio to the tune of $15.5 million. Interview by Rosa Clemente On October 24, Kimberly Osorio, The Source's editor in chief from 2002 to 2005, won $15.5 million in a workplace lawsuit against the hip-hop monthly....
What Does Jesus Look Like?
I was raised in the Catholic Church. From the moment I was placed under this religious institution, I was put in a situation where my savior would never look like me. For me Jesus Christ was a white men with blond hair and blue eyes. Much of my high-school years were...
Rockefeller’s Rocky Road
A hip hop activist argues that the proposed revisions to New York's draconian drug laws don't come close to constituting meaningful reform. [blockquote] "We should be ashamed of ourselves. Rockefeller drug reform – ha! – I don't think so." – State Sen. Thomas Duane...
Walk Like A Warrior: Interview with Dead Prez
Dead Prez blazed into hip hop in 1998 with the politically-charged single, “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop.” Their Let’s Get Free album spoke about Black self-determination in a way no one else was doing at the time, in hip hop or out. They were signed to Loud Records, but...
¿Quién es Negro/a?
Algo interesante me pasó ayer. Alguien me dijo que no soy Negra.
Who Is Black?
Lee este artículo en español. Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back to the old skool playground...
Russell Simmons You Are Not Hip Hop
An open letter in response to Peter Noel's article, "The Minster vs. the Mogul" which appeared in the Village Voice on April 25th, 2001: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0117/noel.shtml Dear Russell: Here is a new flash, as quiet as its been kept YOU ARE NOT...