ewuare x visits ithaca… stops in on the green guerrillas

How do racism, sexism, homophobia, and capitalism work together to systemically attack the integrity of Black life and culture? Activist, author, and organizer Ewuare X. Osayande recently presented Manufacturing Hip Hop Culture: Racism, Sexism, and America at Ithaca College. His lecture highlighted the history of Africans on Turtle Island and the impact of marketing masculinity through hip hop on Black youth.

Afterward, he stopped by the Guerrilla Griots Human Rights Media Arts Center to meet the Green Guerrillas and share his work as an activist for social change through his organization P.O.W.E.R. (People Organized Working to Eradicate Racism). We had a great time exchanging information, comparing community organizing strategies, and learning more about his views on race, class, gender, religion, war, the environmental movement, and globalization. To learn more about Ewuare’s work… click here!