As Skitzo LuvHartd, Tyshawn Pettway makes vivid hip-hop that boldly addresses the Black experience and his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Race Relations
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Web series ‘Dark Justice’ finds satire in tension
There are any number of ways to bring attention to a hot-button issue, and among the trickiest methods to pull off gracefully is satire. When the subject you’re looking at is the current state of race relations in our country, the stumbling blocks are innumerable. But that didn’t dissuade filmmaker and Rochester native Mike Gerbino […]
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Rochester to hold summit on race
Racism is often described as one of the most difficult subjects to talk about, but the only way for it to get easier is if we do talk about it, says Naimah Sierra, deputy director of youth and community services for Action for a Better Community. “There are historical structures that have been put in […]
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Council members grill police chief over Hardaway arrest video
While Deputy Chief Mike Wood briefed the press Thursday afternoon on the latest in the city’s recent spate of killings, on the other side of Main Street, Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard answered tough questions from City Council members on an arrest video that has the whole community talking. A video posted on YouTube last […]
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Race and the Martin-Zimmerman case
The Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case has engulfed the country in a conversation about race and justice, once again. It is tragic that a black teen lost his life in a situation so ordinary that it defines mundane: walking, snacking on candy, and talking to a friend on the phone. How many other teens in this […]
