Black-Brown Unity: Ice Cube, Immortal Technique, Fat Joe , Alex Sanchez & Others Speak Out
Submitted by Southern Shift on Mon, 2010-03-15 04:45
Authored by Davey D
In addressing the issue of Black/ Brown unity we caught up with popular rappers Fat Joe, Ice Cube, Immortal Technique and others and asked them to address the issue...
Fat Joe spoke at the Hip Hop summit in 2001 and explained the political importance of the two groups coming together…
Ice Cube spoke to the history of unity between Black and Brown peoples in California. He talks about how the Brown man helped the Black man escape slavery... Cube also weighs in on the immigration debate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT8S7TialN0
We caught up to Immortal Technique at the Malcolm X day parade in Harlem in May of 2006 and talked to him about Black and Brown Unity… He gave us a lot to think about in the areas of colonization and divide and conquer techniques used by those who have enslaved us or colonized us...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCC6B52iOg
Former gang member turned peacemaker Alex Sanchez spoke at Laney College in Oakland during the Critical Resistence conference in 2007 about Black Brown unity and how we should be aware and ideally unify around the issue of immigration. He said we need to understand the inhumane treatment many are experiencing and focus on this being a human rights issue... He stressed that both communities need to be more educated about struggles we are going through… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC3WrTZNqdc
In this next clip Alex Sanchez talks about solutions for establishing Black/ Brown unity...He talks about the role people in peace and social justice movements must play and the language they must use and not use... He also talks about regional tactics. He notes Black-Brown relationships are different in California compared to places like NY and we need to not have a one size fits all strategy... He also talks about how there are powerful forces within prison that have made unifying difficult because of politics from behind the walls...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Hlgl9LGFU
We sat down with San Antonio based Professor Mario Salas and talked to him about ways in which Black and Brown communities have worked together. He talks about the Black Panthers and Brown Berets...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlSM4p5fkQQ
