Whether it’s discovering your identity or reclaiming your identity, knowing who you are and where you come from is empowering. We’ve compiled our best segments from 2014 that focus on identity. I Self Devine and Brother Ali, two powerful hip hop artists, discuss how identity is expressed through music and hip hop. To help us understand why Chicano Studies was banned in some Arizona schools, we spoke with Dr. Augustine Romero. We’ll also hear a montage of New Mexican Chican@s talking about their identity. And, finally, we hear from participants at the 2014 Gathering of Nations about their Indigenous identity.
Production Team:
Producer – Christina Rodriguez
Hosts – Nick Fojud and Christina Rodriguez
Interviewers – Markus Berumen, Pauly Denetclaw, Jason Fuller, Lucia Martinez, Alma Olavaria Gallegos, Luna Olavarria Gallegos , Christina Rodriguez, Chantel Trujillo, and Brittany Tsosie
Editors – Christina Rodriguez
Engineer – Kamaria Umi
Music Playlist:
I-Self Devine – “Exist to Remain”
Los Rakas – “Africana”
Los Alvarados – “Yo soy Chicano”
A Tribe Called Red – “Woodcarver”
Daniel Valdez – “Brown Eyed Children of the Sun”