Aug 20, 2014 | Black Lives Matter, Media Appearances, Police, Writing
An hour ago, a group including poet Jessica Care Moore, Talib Kweli, folks from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Philip Agnew of the Dream Defenders, Bgyrl ForLife Malik from Occupy the Hood, Trymaine Lee from MSNBC and many others were chased like animals by the...
Jul 31, 2014 | Palestine, Writing
I am getting messages from concerned friends about my stance on Israel. Let me be clear I have been fighting Zionists since my days at SUNY-Albany, when I was in Albany State University Black Alliance, when I was president of ASUBA and when I was director of...
Jul 30, 2014 | Afro-Latinx, Media Appearances, Puerto Rico, Video
Rosa Clemente discusses her awakening to ethnicity and race and how education leads the path to liberation. Published on Atlanta Black Star – video by Dash Harris.
Jul 30, 2014 | Afro-Latinx, Media Appearances, Video
Published on Colorlines by Jamila King In case you missed it, hip-hop scholar and activist Rosa Clemente talked at length about Afro-Latin@ identity last month at Cal State Los Angeles. It’s a perspective that’s worth resurfacing given all the recent hoopla about...
Apr 4, 2014 | Audio, Electoral Politics, Workers' Rights, Writing
After Chokwe Lumumba was elected mayor of Jackson, MI on June 4th, 2013, Rosa Clemente sat down to interview the community-organizer, human rights lawyer, and mayor-elect. He reflected on the role of local electoral politics, human rights activism, strategic...
Apr 3, 2014 | Audio, Media Appearances, Women Of Color
On Saturday, March 29th, 2014, Rosa Clemente delivered the keynote lecture to over 2,400 attendees of the 15th annual White Privilege Conference in Madison, WI. Listen, reflect and share your thoughts on Dr. Clemente’s lecture below....
Feb 14, 2014 | Hip Hop, Media Justice
Young Money Record’s Nicki Minaj apologized for using an iconic image of revolutionary human rights leader El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) to promote her new single “Lookin A** N***a”. Hip-Hop activist and 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate Rosa...
Jul 12, 2013 | Audio, Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, Media Appearances, Police
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Jul 12, 2013 | Feminism, Media Appearances, Women Of Color
An Interview by Tanisha C. Ford for The Feminist Wire. Rosa Clemente is an Afro-Puerto Rican grassroots community organizer, Hip-Hop activist, independent journalist, and scholar. She is a feminist we love because she boldly continues in the radical activist tradition...
Jun 5, 2013 | Police, War On Drugs, Writing
A new report from the ACLU reveals troubling racial biases and spending in the ‘war on marijuana’. Weed. Ganja. Yerba Buena. Pot. President Barack Obama admits to having smoked it in his younger days like President Bill Clinton before him. While we...