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MTV and the culture industry never are talking about community relevance, hood organization, they aren't talking about ethical codes, they aren't talking about forms of political organization, they don't speak about codes inside the jails. What they talk about are superficial things.

Bocafloja

Talking, Mtv, Organization

"Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the most relevant themes today.

Bocafloja

Latin, Believe, Race

Source: www.counterpunch.org

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When you arrive really inside the discussion of race, practically they institute a Mexican-ness, a Latin-ness, a racial community that just isn't true. So, we know who are the people that have the majority of power, access and privileges in Mexico, and they are white Mexicans.

Bocafloja

Latin, Race, White

"Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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I think that in the colonial imaginary of the average Mexican, in how it drives us, the economic dependence on the US, and in some cases cultural dependence, is quite palpable, very strong.

Bocafloja

Strong, Thinking, Average

"Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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European militants recognize Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the Mexican militants followed their example and legitimated his work because the Europeans said, "Hey, Mumia Abu-Jamal is relevant in the US. I, the European, am telling you. I am your political guide, your icon, your mentor for political references. I am telling you that you should support the relevant causes."

Bocafloja

Icons, Mexican, Support

"Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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A white leftist Mexican activist isn't the same in the media as the son of a farmer in Guerrero, they aren't worth the same. In the same imaginary of the Latin American Left exists a racism, a racism that corresponds to processes of colonialism internal to almost all countries in Latin America.

Bocafloja

Country, Latin, Son

"Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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"The racial question, and thus class struggle, of course, I think they are processes which necessarily are intersecting all the time. I understand that there are moments they disassociate, but in the end they are things that go walking together practically all the time."

- Bocafloja,

www.counterpunch.org, added Dec 22, 2015

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