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An Evening of Hip Hop with Rebel Diaz
MCC THEATER
Fronted by MC’s Rodstarz and MC/Producer G1, Rebel Diaz shows us the true global power of Hip Hop. After first performing at an immigrant rights march in front of a half million people in New York City in 2006, the bilingual duo has taken the international community by storm with their explosive live shows, poignant social commentary, and energetic performances. With influences ranging from Dirty South bounce to South American folk, Rebel Diaz combines classic boom bap tradition with Hip Hop’s global impact. They have shared the stage with the likes of Common, Mos Def, and Public Enemy, while feeling right at home with acts like Rage Against the Machine and Mala Rodriguez. Tickets $5. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
Student Series
21st Century Socialism and Venezuela Eva Golinger
MCC THEATER
Eva Golinger will discuss the Bolivarian project for participatory democracy in Venezuela that has occurred through the empowerment of the country's poor majority during the last decade. As an advisor to elected President Hugo Chávez, she will also address some of the problems and conflicts facing Venezuela and the leftist South American-Caribbean bloc it helped found: the Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América. Eva Golinger, winner of the International Award for Journalism in Mexico (2009), is an Attorney and Writer from New York, living in Caracas, Venezuela since 2005 and author of several best-selling books, including The Chávez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela. Organized by UCSB Campus Left and co-sponsored by El Congreso, the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, the Sociology Department, and Unión Salvadoreña de Estudiantes Universitarios (USEU).
Harvest of Loneliness: the Bracero Program
MCC THEATER
This documentary explores the historical accounts of migrant Mexican farm workers brought into the U.S. from 1942 to1964 under the temporary contract worker program known as the Bracero Program to work as cheap, controlled, and disposable workers. Discussion with Gonzalez following the screening. Gilbert G Gonzalez, Vivian Price, and Adrian Salinas, 58 min., English and Spanish, 2010, USA. Co-sponsored by the Hull Chair in Feminist Studies.
Race Matters Series
Who's the Fairest of Them All? Race, Beauty and the Politics of Skin Tone Margaret Hunter
MCC LOUNGE
Cosmetic skin-bleaching is a multi-billion dollar industry around the globe. In nations including India, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, and the United States, light skin garners more money and more status. Both historical and contemporary forces maintain a system of light-skin privilege within communities of color. Light skin tone is particularly valuable for women of color in the job and marriage markets. But in this global pursuit of fair skin, is the ultimate cost too high? Margaret Hunter is Edward Hohfeld Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology at Mills College in Oakland. She is the author of Race, Gender and the Politics of Skin Tone, a book on skin tone discrimination and women of color. She has also published on colorblind racism in the post-civil rights era and women of color in hip-hop.
