About Rap Sessions - (continued)

Why This Dialogue

Throughout the last several years of its 30 year existence, hip-hop has revealed itself as a national cultural movement centered around hip-hop arts that often lends itself to larger role of community development. Much of this movement is local and lacks formal connections at a national level. Hence at times even though many local young activists and artists are helping to forge new directions without a language or framework for revealing the national implications of this, it remains hidden from national view and its impact is minimized. The hip-hop cultural movement is forging a new dialogue around race. However this too exists for the most part in isolated pockets around the country. A national tour of community dialogues on race and hip-hop will bring national attention to the ways this generation is processing race in radically different ways than previous generations of Americans. The dialogues also hope to provide young people involved with hip-hop arts and activism a new language and framework for thinking through the emerging racial politics of our time and thereby assist greater community building.  (click for additional information)