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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n 2016, Charles Gardner, also known as Prezi, was acquitted of all charges related to a fatal shooting at a San Francisco nightclub. A year later, Prezi released his first song, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLGtumQ1GMk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do Better\u003c/a>,” with the hook “Family telling me to do better / I’ma do better / I’ma do better.” And with that proclamation, he spoke the next chapter of his life into existence: the song has over 17 million views on YouTube alone, and has climbed the radio charts, been remixed with some big names in the Northern California rap scene, and has led to Prezi going on tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he’s looking to make his next move: to put his hood on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi’s neighborhood is on the southeastern corner of San Francisco’s 7×7 square. It’s a part of town tourists don’t patronize. You won’t see a postcard with Hunters Point Housing projects on it. Fat chance you’ll find a poster, mug or other memorabilia showing the amazing view from Harbor Road looking eastward across the Bay toward Oakland, the glorious piece of land that I call home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi’s not asking for a postcard or mug for Hunters Point. Just the respect and recognition it deserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828044\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Prezi at the corner of Harbor and Northridge in Hunters Point, looking over the Bay. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prezi at the corner of Harbor and Northridge in Hunters Point, looking over the Bay. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast week I ventured over to Hunters Point, crossing the Bay Bridge, driving south on 101 and eventually parking my car on Harbor Road. When I got there, I just listened: construction trucks beeped as they worked to renovate the old barracks-turned-low-income housing; birds squawked while flying from the hillside to the ruins of the old Shipyard below; a passing pit bull breathed heavily as his owner gave me a silent head nod. In the distance, I could hear laughter from a group of guys standing about two football fields from my car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi, who’s about 6’4″ with ‘locs that drop to mid-torso, emerged and gave dap to every person in that circle before making his way down the block to where I was parked. We walked into a small playground area, and sat on some stairs that I’d later discover were featured on the cover of RBL Posse’s 1992 album, \u003cem>A Lesson To Be Learned\u003c/em>, which dropped a year after Prezi was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Some people don’t understand our music, or what we go through. We don’t chose the life we live. We don’t chose where we come from.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Before I could ask my first question, a lady by the name of Stacy, who introduced herself as the community chef, walked up and gave Prezi a hug. Before she left, she let us know that anytime we want a plate, all we have to do is say the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 26, Prezi is already a bit of historian for this area, the roots of his family tree engrained in the concrete. His grandparents landed in this neighborhood when they moved to the Bay from Texas. Both his mom and pops were raised on Harbor Way. He has three kids of his own now. And though “Do Better” is getting airplay around the world, Prezi hasn’t moved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s an exception to the mass exodus of African Americans from the City, where just over 5 perfect of the entire population (884,363 as of 2016) is black, down from just over 10 percent (out of a total of 723,959) in the early ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the overall population grows, and the black population shrinks, he’s still here. Proudly. Still living in the projects—and still experiencing the feel of being a second-class citizen in a world-class city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just got pulled over today,” said Prezi, with a 1,000-yard stare out toward the Bay. “The police was like, ‘Prezi!? How ya doin!? I been seeing the billboards [for “Do Better”] and everything, it’s nice to see.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Looking out over the Bay near Harbor Road in Hunters Point.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking out over the Bay near Harbor Road in Hunters Point. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rarity of the interaction is amplified, he said, when you consider recent headlines of police shootings in America, and San Francisco in particular. He also said that the officer didn’t give him a ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It blew me away, like, they’re paying attention,” Prezi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense. Prezi is telling the story of a community that is hard to reach, for some. And hard to get out of, for others. Geographically shunned to the far corner of a booming metropolitan city. Economically separated from the tech jobs in downtown. Environmentally degraded by years of injustice: it’s the former home to a Naval Shipyard, the onetime location of a Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and the grounds on which a PG&E plant pumped toxins for over 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this resulted in the \u003ca href=\"https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA declaring it a Superfund Site\u003c/a>, the only one of its kind in San Francisco. The health effects have been shown through a number of studies, including one that shows incredibly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Disputed-S-F-Power-Plant-Expected-to-Get-1st-OK-2991805.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high rates of breast cancer\u003c/a> for African American women in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked what it means to be speaking for his community, Prezi said, “When you’re in this kind of position, you don’t see how big things are, cause you’re on the inside looking out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Prezi (center) with friends in Hunters Point.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prezi (center) with friends in Hunters Point. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But one moment it started to click was after a show in Humboldt. That’s where Prezi met his favorite rapper, Mozzy. I balked. \u003cem>What\u003c/em>? Favorite rapper \u003cem>ever\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah,” Prezi replied, “‘cause he speaks my life into existence. The trials, the not having this or that, the really coming from super nothing. He put me in a place that no other rapper ever put me in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He clarified a little: “Of course I love the Bigs and Pacs, they spoke dope music. But they weren’t putting me into ‘where I came from’. Mozzy was the first rapper that ever put me back in my childhood. Like, damn, \u003cem>I\u003c/em> could’ve said that… Some people don’t understand our music, or what we go through. We don’t chose the life we live. 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Prezi’s legend isn’t just a San Francisco story or another American tall tale; it’s a universal narrative of struggle and perseverance. In the midst of environmental, historical and current institutional hurdles, he simply wants to “do better”. And for that, I commend him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took a few photos of him, his community members, and his street sign. Quietly noting to myself that the sounds of the beeping construction trucks are evidence that change is afoot, and the brothers standing in a circle laughing won’t be there forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before I got in the car to head back across the Bay, I finally asked. Why do they call you Prezi?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a smile protruding out his hooded sweatshirt, he said, “I’m the president around here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n 2016, Charles Gardner, also known as Prezi, was acquitted of all charges related to a fatal shooting at a San Francisco nightclub. A year later, Prezi released his first song, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLGtumQ1GMk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do Better\u003c/a>,” with the hook “Family telling me to do better / I’ma do better / I’ma do better.” And with that proclamation, he spoke the next chapter of his life into existence: the song has over 17 million views on YouTube alone, and has climbed the radio charts, been remixed with some big names in the Northern California rap scene, and has led to Prezi going on tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he’s looking to make his next move: to put his hood on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi’s neighborhood is on the southeastern corner of San Francisco’s 7×7 square. It’s a part of town tourists don’t patronize. You won’t see a postcard with Hunters Point Housing projects on it. Fat chance you’ll find a poster, mug or other memorabilia showing the amazing view from Harbor Road looking eastward across the Bay toward Oakland, the glorious piece of land that I call home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi’s not asking for a postcard or mug for Hunters Point. Just the respect and recognition it deserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828044\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828044\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Prezi at the corner of Harbor and Northridge in Hunters Point, looking over the Bay. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Streetsigns.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prezi at the corner of Harbor and Northridge in Hunters Point, looking over the Bay. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast week I ventured over to Hunters Point, crossing the Bay Bridge, driving south on 101 and eventually parking my car on Harbor Road. When I got there, I just listened: construction trucks beeped as they worked to renovate the old barracks-turned-low-income housing; birds squawked while flying from the hillside to the ruins of the old Shipyard below; a passing pit bull breathed heavily as his owner gave me a silent head nod. In the distance, I could hear laughter from a group of guys standing about two football fields from my car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prezi, who’s about 6’4″ with ‘locs that drop to mid-torso, emerged and gave dap to every person in that circle before making his way down the block to where I was parked. We walked into a small playground area, and sat on some stairs that I’d later discover were featured on the cover of RBL Posse’s 1992 album, \u003cem>A Lesson To Be Learned\u003c/em>, which dropped a year after Prezi was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Some people don’t understand our music, or what we go through. We don’t chose the life we live. We don’t chose where we come from.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Before I could ask my first question, a lady by the name of Stacy, who introduced herself as the community chef, walked up and gave Prezi a hug. Before she left, she let us know that anytime we want a plate, all we have to do is say the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 26, Prezi is already a bit of historian for this area, the roots of his family tree engrained in the concrete. His grandparents landed in this neighborhood when they moved to the Bay from Texas. Both his mom and pops were raised on Harbor Way. He has three kids of his own now. And though “Do Better” is getting airplay around the world, Prezi hasn’t moved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s an exception to the mass exodus of African Americans from the City, where just over 5 perfect of the entire population (884,363 as of 2016) is black, down from just over 10 percent (out of a total of 723,959) in the early ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the overall population grows, and the black population shrinks, he’s still here. Proudly. Still living in the projects—and still experiencing the feel of being a second-class citizen in a world-class city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just got pulled over today,” said Prezi, with a 1,000-yard stare out toward the Bay. “The police was like, ‘Prezi!? How ya doin!? I been seeing the billboards [for “Do Better”] and everything, it’s nice to see.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Looking out over the Bay near Harbor Road in Hunters Point.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.HPView.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking out over the Bay near Harbor Road in Hunters Point. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rarity of the interaction is amplified, he said, when you consider recent headlines of police shootings in America, and San Francisco in particular. He also said that the officer didn’t give him a ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It blew me away, like, they’re paying attention,” Prezi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense. Prezi is telling the story of a community that is hard to reach, for some. And hard to get out of, for others. Geographically shunned to the far corner of a booming metropolitan city. Economically separated from the tech jobs in downtown. Environmentally degraded by years of injustice: it’s the former home to a Naval Shipyard, the onetime location of a Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory and the grounds on which a PG&E plant pumped toxins for over 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this resulted in the \u003ca href=\"https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA declaring it a Superfund Site\u003c/a>, the only one of its kind in San Francisco. The health effects have been shown through a number of studies, including one that shows incredibly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Disputed-S-F-Power-Plant-Expected-to-Get-1st-OK-2991805.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high rates of breast cancer\u003c/a> for African American women in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked what it means to be speaking for his community, Prezi said, “When you’re in this kind of position, you don’t see how big things are, cause you’re on the inside looking out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828041\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Prezi (center) with friends in Hunters Point.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Group_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prezi (center) with friends in Hunters Point. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But one moment it started to click was after a show in Humboldt. That’s where Prezi met his favorite rapper, Mozzy. I balked. \u003cem>What\u003c/em>? Favorite rapper \u003cem>ever\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah,” Prezi replied, “‘cause he speaks my life into existence. The trials, the not having this or that, the really coming from super nothing. He put me in a place that no other rapper ever put me in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He clarified a little: “Of course I love the Bigs and Pacs, they spoke dope music. But they weren’t putting me into ‘where I came from’. Mozzy was the first rapper that ever put me back in my childhood. Like, damn, \u003cem>I\u003c/em> could’ve said that… Some people don’t understand our music, or what we go through. We don’t chose the life we live. We don’t chose where we come from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13828045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13828045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Prezi in Hunters Point with Stacy, who calls herself the 'community chef.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/Prezi.Chef_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prezi in Hunters Point with Stacy, who calls herself the ‘community chef.’ \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>o be an African American, an artist and from San Francisco is almost as rare as it gets. Prezi’s legend isn’t just a San Francisco story or another American tall tale; it’s a universal narrative of struggle and perseverance. In the midst of environmental, historical and current institutional hurdles, he simply wants to “do better”. And for that, I commend him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took a few photos of him, his community members, and his street sign. Quietly noting to myself that the sounds of the beeping construction trucks are evidence that change is afoot, and the brothers standing in a circle laughing won’t be there forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before I got in the car to head back across the Bay, I finally asked. Why do they call you Prezi?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a smile protruding out his hooded sweatshirt, he said, “I’m the president around here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">Y\u003c/span>ou know what kills me? When there’s a homicide, and the news writes a one-paragraph story. The sentences about rewards for information leading to an arrest and how to contact law enforcement are longer than any details about the person who just lost their life. Come on, man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, here’s a solution: use this thing called journalism to actually tell peoples’ stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year I worked with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.snapjudgment.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snap Judgment\u003c/a> team on a feature called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://oaklandstory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Counted: An Oakland Story\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, which documents the lives of the 77 people who were killed in Oakland in 2017. The final audio piece was published earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It tells the story of the death of musician David Deporis, who was dragged by car as he fought to keep his laptop which held his music files. The story of Anibal Andres Ramirez, who was the youngest person killed last year. And the story of Jason Coleman, who was homeless at the time of his death — well, not completely homeless. He lived in a literal hole in the wall, on the side of a freeway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also mention of the story of Devonte Thomas, the first homicide of the calendar year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Devonte was a former student of mine at Oakland Tech. He was also a new dad. Devonte loved cars, kicks, and cracking jokes. He was just another kid from Oakland. Another kid who met death way too early. Another kid who had a story the world should know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13827372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13827372\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe.jpg\" alt=\"Lil Goo and Vari 4 Hun's 'Believe It or Not,' with Devonte Thomas on the cover.\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe.jpg 630w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Goo and Vari 4 Hun’s ‘Believe It or Not,’ with Devonte Thomas on the cover. \u003ccite>(Dope Era)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ate last year, I stepped inside the former location of Mistah F.A.B.’s Dope Era clothing store in North Oakland, and spoke to two rappers who go by Lil Goo and Vari 4 Hun. In the middle of all the colorful clothing and hats, the two were seated, holding a CD with the face of Devonte on the cover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was their first combined album; something they wanted to release after the death of Devonte (who they also refer to as Vonte or Tay), to honor him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, you’ll see a number of different ways people pay homage to loved ones who’ve lost their lives. Some people wear string necklaces that hold laminated pictures of the deceased. Some people wear shirts or hoodies. Some folks get tattoos. Others put obituaries in the dashboard. And some carry their fallen friends’ legacies on by way of making art — especially music.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Devonte may be gone, but his story remains. It’s bigger than a paragraph in the local newspaper. It’s more than just a number in the homicide count.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Using art to deal with death is not only a cathartic outlet, it benefits the larger community as well. “I know a lot of people will see the tape and be like, ‘OK, this Vonte,’ they know he was a real dude, so they know it ain’t nothing but real on this tape,” Lil Goo told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued. “There were different ways we could’ve handled it, ya know?” To which Vari 4 Hun said, “Way different ways,” almost in ad-lib form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like this was the best way,” Lil Goo said. “Throwing my boy on the front of our cover, on our tape, handle it like that. Handle it the right way. By getting the message out, ya know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B., internationally known MC and owner of Dope Era, agreed. Making art to benefit the larger community works, “‘cause homicides aren’t going anywhere, so it’s on the community to do something about it,” he told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B. expressly said how proud he was of the young men, using art to express themselves as opposed to alternatives. “To say man, ‘We’ve been BS’ing. We’ve been playing, let’s really put this music out.’ And, ‘Since us putting it out for us wasn’t enough, let’s put it out for Tay,’” F.A.B. told me, noting that the death of friends and family has always become a motivating factor in his pursuit of his dreams as an artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once someone is memorialized through art, F.A.B. noted, there’s no limit to who it can reach. “His mother, his father, will be able to see their son on an album cover that represents something positive,” he said. “His son, when he gets older, he can be like, ‘Man, they kept it lit for my daddy.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13827389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13827389\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-800x406.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to Snap Judgment's 'Counted: An Oakland Story' above.\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-800x406.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-768x390.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-960x487.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-240x122.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-375x190.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-520x264.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listen to Snap Judgment’s ‘Counted: An Oakland Story’ above.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">K\u003c/span>eeping it lit, or keeping someone’s legacy alive, is what matters. That’s what the community will appreciate, that’s what the family will benefit from and ultimately, one day, that’s what his son will cherish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That day, I saw (Devonte) on the ground, man…” said Lil Goo, reminiscing on his childhood friend. “The last time I seen him before that was like, he was opening presents for his son. And that was the last time. I still got all the videos, I look at the videos every day. Just seeing, like, that was the type of guy he was. Just seeing, and that was one of the last times I seen him, like breathing. And he was like, opening presents for his son on Christmas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than two weeks later, Devonte would be gone. But his story remains. It’s bigger than a paragraph in the local newspaper. It’s more than just a number in the homicide count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the story of a young man who lived in Oakland, and who died way too soon. But the people who loved him made sure to keep his story alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also mention of the story of Devonte Thomas, the first homicide of the calendar year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Devonte was a former student of mine at Oakland Tech. He was also a new dad. Devonte loved cars, kicks, and cracking jokes. He was just another kid from Oakland. Another kid who met death way too early. Another kid who had a story the world should know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13827372\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 630px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13827372\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe.jpg\" alt=\"Lil Goo and Vari 4 Hun's 'Believe It or Not,' with Devonte Thomas on the cover.\" width=\"630\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe.jpg 630w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/LilGoo.Believe-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Goo and Vari 4 Hun’s ‘Believe It or Not,’ with Devonte Thomas on the cover. \u003ccite>(Dope Era)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ate last year, I stepped inside the former location of Mistah F.A.B.’s Dope Era clothing store in North Oakland, and spoke to two rappers who go by Lil Goo and Vari 4 Hun. In the middle of all the colorful clothing and hats, the two were seated, holding a CD with the face of Devonte on the cover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was their first combined album; something they wanted to release after the death of Devonte (who they also refer to as Vonte or Tay), to honor him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, you’ll see a number of different ways people pay homage to loved ones who’ve lost their lives. Some people wear string necklaces that hold laminated pictures of the deceased. Some people wear shirts or hoodies. Some folks get tattoos. Others put obituaries in the dashboard. And some carry their fallen friends’ legacies on by way of making art — especially music.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Devonte may be gone, but his story remains. It’s bigger than a paragraph in the local newspaper. It’s more than just a number in the homicide count.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Using art to deal with death is not only a cathartic outlet, it benefits the larger community as well. “I know a lot of people will see the tape and be like, ‘OK, this Vonte,’ they know he was a real dude, so they know it ain’t nothing but real on this tape,” Lil Goo told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued. “There were different ways we could’ve handled it, ya know?” To which Vari 4 Hun said, “Way different ways,” almost in ad-lib form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like this was the best way,” Lil Goo said. “Throwing my boy on the front of our cover, on our tape, handle it like that. Handle it the right way. By getting the message out, ya know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B., internationally known MC and owner of Dope Era, agreed. Making art to benefit the larger community works, “‘cause homicides aren’t going anywhere, so it’s on the community to do something about it,” he told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B. expressly said how proud he was of the young men, using art to express themselves as opposed to alternatives. “To say man, ‘We’ve been BS’ing. We’ve been playing, let’s really put this music out.’ And, ‘Since us putting it out for us wasn’t enough, let’s put it out for Tay,’” F.A.B. told me, noting that the death of friends and family has always become a motivating factor in his pursuit of his dreams as an artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once someone is memorialized through art, F.A.B. noted, there’s no limit to who it can reach. “His mother, his father, will be able to see their son on an album cover that represents something positive,” he said. “His son, when he gets older, he can be like, ‘Man, they kept it lit for my daddy.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13827389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13827389\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-800x406.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to Snap Judgment's 'Counted: An Oakland Story' above.\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-800x406.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-768x390.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-960x487.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-240x122.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-375x190.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted-520x264.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/counted.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listen to Snap Judgment’s ‘Counted: An Oakland Story’ above.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">K\u003c/span>eeping it lit, or keeping someone’s legacy alive, is what matters. That’s what the community will appreciate, that’s what the family will benefit from and ultimately, one day, that’s what his son will cherish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That day, I saw (Devonte) on the ground, man…” said Lil Goo, reminiscing on his childhood friend. “The last time I seen him before that was like, he was opening presents for his son. And that was the last time. I still got all the videos, I look at the videos every day. Just seeing, like, that was the type of guy he was. Just seeing, and that was one of the last times I seen him, like breathing. And he was like, opening presents for his son on Christmas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than two weeks later, Devonte would be gone. But his story remains. It’s bigger than a paragraph in the local newspaper. It’s more than just a number in the homicide count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the story of a young man who lived in Oakland, and who died way too soon. But the people who loved him made sure to keep his story alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n this last day of Black History Month, my spirit is channeling the stories of Tubman, Parks, and King, as well as the tales of X, Garvey and Chisholm. And beyond that, heavy on my heart are the less popular tales: the grandparents who worked until their grand babies were in college, the mother who held down two jobs, just to come home and teach her children arithmetic, the formerly incarcerated brother who got out on appeal after applying information he received by reading a law book or two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lesser-known bearers of black history. The ones whose stories don’t appear in books. Their tales aren’t mammoth legends known around the world, but their individual stories combine to paint a thorough narrative of a people; my people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are microcosms of black history walking the streets of America. I see them in Oakland every day. And I’ve been lucky enough to have a vast amount of these people open up to me, and let me into their story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been a published journalist for over a dozen years, and during this time, I’ve had a front-row seat to protests, celebrations, weddings, funerals, and everyday life. A front-row seat that I am privileged and honored to have, allowing me to produce stories and give the world a small taste of what I’ve seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s world history. American history. Oakland history. Black history… His story. Her story. My story. \u003cem>Our\u003c/em> story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825653\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Black Panther Party member Mama Charlotte O’Neal attends a Black Panther Party anniversary event at the West Oakland library.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Panther Party member Mama Charlotte O’Neal attends a Black Panther Party anniversary event at the West Oakland library. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>s Black History Month concludes, I’m inspired by the late Sarah Tramble, who passed last February. Tramble, a longtime resident of West Oakland, lived to be 100 years old. And as she made her way through life’s journey, she created her own history books. I \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ng9nhoODI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interviewed Tramble a few years ago\u003c/a>, and got to witness her magic for myself. (My favorite line of hers was when she said that no one on Earth was like her, except for Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I love most about Tramble’s take on history is that she didn’t go out seeking to tell the entire saga of human existence. She simply told the story from where she was seated. And in that, she told the story of the great migration, urban renewal, women’s rights, what it means to be African American, and so much more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”17097xVvjFS4ajFyqVF7sBCzhIZUO8o6″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every last piece of personal history is part of the bigger story taught in schools, shown in films and etched in our memories. Every individual tale is a piece of the fabric that quilts together to create the coat that is the story of humankind. This is true for all people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since the first ship landed here, the tales of individual African Americans have been disregarded. Over time, we’ve learned to praise “the greatest” or “the first,” and overlook the rest. Jackie Robinson is a hero for what he accomplished, no doubt. But if you think Larry Doby wasn’t just as brave, you’re missing a major piece of the story. And then, if you’re from Oakland and you’ve never heard the tale of Jimmy Claxton, you’re not just missing a story — you’re missing a whole chapter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825669\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-1020x679.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus El gets airborne at DeFremery (Lil' Bobby Hutton) Park in West Oakland.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesus El gets airborne at DeFremery (Lil’ Bobby Hutton) Park in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>y point being, you can’t possibly know black history from just hearing about “the first” or “the greatest”; black history is a collection of tales combined to create a narrative that is ultimately intertwined with American history, and world history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every single black person’s story is a type of black history worth chronicling and preserving. So take photos. Record conversations with your grandmothers. Write about the people on your block. If we don’t do it, who will?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by Tramble, and the month in which we celebrate black history, it’s my honor to share with you 28 photos — one for each day of the month — taken from the seat I was given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825661\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The boys next door.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The boys next door. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fatima and Dafina attend an opening at Betti Ono Art Gallery in downtown Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatima and Dafina attend an opening at Betti Ono Art Gallery in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825652\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young lady rides a horse, as a member of the Black Cowboys chaperones her, at a Juneteenth festival in East Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young lady rides a horse, as a member of the Black Cowboys chaperones her, at a Juneteenth festival in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and poet Chinaka Hodge share the stage at the Oakland Museum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and poet Chinaka Hodge share the stage at the Oakland Museum. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825673\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Scraper Bike Boyz!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Scraper Bike Boyz! \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825675\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Director Ryan Coogler speaking at the Grand Lake Theater with members of the cast and crew of 'Fruitvale Station' (Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Forest Whittaker and others) on the night of the premiere.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Ryan Coogler speaking at the Grand Lake Theater with members of the cast and crew of ‘Fruitvale Station’ (Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Forest Whittaker and others) on the night of the premiere. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825655\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825655\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Afro-Panamanian rap duo Los Rakas on top of the old train station in West Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Afro-Panamanian rap duo Los Rakas on top of the old train station in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Congresswoman Barbara Lee visits the East Oakland Youth Development Center in East Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-1180x784.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-960x638.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Barbara Lee visits the East Oakland Youth Development Center in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825677\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The late Elder Freeman, former Black Panther party member, sitting on his porch in West Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The late Elder Freeman, former Black Panther party member, sitting on his porch in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A streetside memorial for 16 year-old Reggina Jefferies in downtown Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A streetside memorial for 16 year-old Reggina Jefferies in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"West Oakland’s own Beejus takes a dive in the DeFremery (Lil' Bobby Hutton) Park pool.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Oakland’s own Beejus takes a dive in the DeFremery (Lil’ Bobby Hutton) Park pool. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825658\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"East Oakland native, rapper Richie Rich, poses for a photo outside of a store in North Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Oakland native, rapper Richie Rich, poses for a photo outside of a store in North Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-1020x1535.jpg\" alt=\"The Bey’s union.\" width=\"640\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-1020x1535.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-800x1204.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-1180x1776.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-960x1445.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-375x564.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-520x782.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bey’s union. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825662\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky takes his human, Keith Gregory, on an evening walk around Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky takes his human, Keith Gregory, on an evening walk around Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825663\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Kev Choice, ever animated, performs at an event in West Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kev Choice, ever animated, performs at an event in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825664\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ajhana DeRamous and her daughter Aziyah Williams by Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ajhana DeRamous and her daughter Aziyah Williams by Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825665\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Roger, a childhood friend, now homeless. We keep in touch. Situations have changed, but love hasn’t.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roger, a childhood friend, now homeless. We keep in touch. Situations have changed, but love hasn’t. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Marcus Foster Education Institute graduation ceremony at Merritt College in the Oakland Hills.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Marcus Foster Education Institute graduation ceremony at Merritt College in the Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ant Petty getting active on the weights as his family watches in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ant Petty getting active on the weights as his family watches in the background. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825668\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A joyous celebration at a McClymonds graduation.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A joyous celebration at a McClymonds graduation. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fremont High students get amped after school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont High students get amped after school. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Arnold Perkins shoots the camera a cold look prior to being interviewed by Cheo Tyehimba Taylor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnold Perkins shoots the camera a cold look prior to being interviewed by Cheo Tyehimba Taylor. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825672\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Ian Kelly takes a long look at one of the longest standing murals in Oakland, the image of slain East Oakland rapper Plan Bee.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapper Ian Kelly takes a long look at one of the longest standing murals in Oakland, the image of slain East Oakland rapper Plan Bee. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Loryan strikes a cool-kid pose in downtown Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loryan strikes a cool-kid pose in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"Dalila’s hand, on the day of her wedding. Photo taken just last week.\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-375x563.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-520x780.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalila’s hand, on the day of her wedding. Photo taken just last week. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s world history. American history. Oakland history. Black history… His story. Her story. My story. \u003cem>Our\u003c/em> story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825653\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"Black Panther Party member Mama Charlotte O’Neal attends a Black Panther Party anniversary event at the West Oakland library.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Panther Party member Mama Charlotte O’Neal attends a Black Panther Party anniversary event at the West Oakland library. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>s Black History Month concludes, I’m inspired by the late Sarah Tramble, who passed last February. Tramble, a longtime resident of West Oakland, lived to be 100 years old. And as she made her way through life’s journey, she created her own history books. I \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ng9nhoODI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interviewed Tramble a few years ago\u003c/a>, and got to witness her magic for myself. (My favorite line of hers was when she said that no one on Earth was like her, except for Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I love most about Tramble’s take on history is that she didn’t go out seeking to tell the entire saga of human existence. She simply told the story from where she was seated. And in that, she told the story of the great migration, urban renewal, women’s rights, what it means to be African American, and so much more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every last piece of personal history is part of the bigger story taught in schools, shown in films and etched in our memories. Every individual tale is a piece of the fabric that quilts together to create the coat that is the story of humankind. This is true for all people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since the first ship landed here, the tales of individual African Americans have been disregarded. Over time, we’ve learned to praise “the greatest” or “the first,” and overlook the rest. Jackie Robinson is a hero for what he accomplished, no doubt. But if you think Larry Doby wasn’t just as brave, you’re missing a major piece of the story. And then, if you’re from Oakland and you’ve never heard the tale of Jimmy Claxton, you’re not just missing a story — you’re missing a whole chapter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825669\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-1020x679.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus El gets airborne at DeFremery (Lil' Bobby Hutton) Park in West Oakland.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/18-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesus El gets airborne at DeFremery (Lil’ Bobby Hutton) Park in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>y point being, you can’t possibly know black history from just hearing about “the first” or “the greatest”; black history is a collection of tales combined to create a narrative that is ultimately intertwined with American history, and world history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every single black person’s story is a type of black history worth chronicling and preserving. So take photos. Record conversations with your grandmothers. Write about the people on your block. If we don’t do it, who will?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by Tramble, and the month in which we celebrate black history, it’s my honor to share with you 28 photos — one for each day of the month — taken from the seat I was given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825661\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The boys next door.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The boys next door. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825660\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fatima and Dafina attend an opening at Betti Ono Art Gallery in downtown Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/9-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatima and Dafina attend an opening at Betti Ono Art Gallery in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825652\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young lady rides a horse, as a member of the Black Cowboys chaperones her, at a Juneteenth festival in East Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young lady rides a horse, as a member of the Black Cowboys chaperones her, at a Juneteenth festival in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825654\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and poet Chinaka Hodge share the stage at the Oakland Museum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/3-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and poet Chinaka Hodge share the stage at the Oakland Museum. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825673\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Scraper Bike Boyz!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/22-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Scraper Bike Boyz! \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825675\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Director Ryan Coogler speaking at the Grand Lake Theater with members of the cast and crew of 'Fruitvale Station' (Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Forest Whittaker and others) on the night of the premiere.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/24-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Ryan Coogler speaking at the Grand Lake Theater with members of the cast and crew of ‘Fruitvale Station’ (Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Forest Whittaker and others) on the night of the premiere. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825655\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825655\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Afro-Panamanian rap duo Los Rakas on top of the old train station in West Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/4-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Afro-Panamanian rap duo Los Rakas on top of the old train station in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Congresswoman Barbara Lee visits the East Oakland Youth Development Center in East Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-1180x784.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-960x638.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/5-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Barbara Lee visits the East Oakland Youth Development Center in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825677\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The late Elder Freeman, former Black Panther party member, sitting on his porch in West Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/26-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The late Elder Freeman, former Black Panther party member, sitting on his porch in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A streetside memorial for 16 year-old Reggina Jefferies in downtown Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/6-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A streetside memorial for 16 year-old Reggina Jefferies in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"West Oakland’s own Beejus takes a dive in the DeFremery (Lil' Bobby Hutton) Park pool.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/25-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Oakland’s own Beejus takes a dive in the DeFremery (Lil’ Bobby Hutton) Park pool. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825658\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"East Oakland native, rapper Richie Rich, poses for a photo outside of a store in North Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/7-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Oakland native, rapper Richie Rich, poses for a photo outside of a store in North Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-1020x1535.jpg\" alt=\"The Bey’s union.\" width=\"640\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-1020x1535.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-800x1204.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-1180x1776.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-960x1445.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-375x564.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8-520x782.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/8.jpg 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bey’s union. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825662\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky takes his human, Keith Gregory, on an evening walk around Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocky takes his human, Keith Gregory, on an evening walk around Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825663\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Kev Choice, ever animated, performs at an event in West Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/12-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kev Choice, ever animated, performs at an event in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825664\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ajhana DeRamous and her daughter Aziyah Williams by Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/13-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ajhana DeRamous and her daughter Aziyah Williams by Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825665\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Roger, a childhood friend, now homeless. We keep in touch. Situations have changed, but love hasn’t.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roger, a childhood friend, now homeless. We keep in touch. Situations have changed, but love hasn’t. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Marcus Foster Education Institute graduation ceremony at Merritt College in the Oakland Hills.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/15-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Marcus Foster Education Institute graduation ceremony at Merritt College in the Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825667\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ant Petty getting active on the weights as his family watches in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/16-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ant Petty getting active on the weights as his family watches in the background. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825668\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A joyous celebration at a McClymonds graduation.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/17-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A joyous celebration at a McClymonds graduation. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825670\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Fremont High students get amped after school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/19-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont High students get amped after school. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Arnold Perkins shoots the camera a cold look prior to being interviewed by Cheo Tyehimba Taylor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/20-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnold Perkins shoots the camera a cold look prior to being interviewed by Cheo Tyehimba Taylor. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825672\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Ian Kelly takes a long look at one of the longest standing murals in Oakland, the image of slain East Oakland rapper Plan Bee.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/21-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapper Ian Kelly takes a long look at one of the longest standing murals in Oakland, the image of slain East Oakland rapper Plan Bee. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Loryan strikes a cool-kid pose in downtown Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/23-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loryan strikes a cool-kid pose in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825678\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13825678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"Dalila’s hand, on the day of her wedding. Photo taken just last week.\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-375x563.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27-520x780.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/27.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalila’s hand, on the day of her wedding. Photo taken just last week. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n a Thursday night this past December at the New Parish in Oakland, I saw a variety show unlike any I had seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For lack of a better term, you could call it a talent show, but it was far from a high school assembly. Included was an amazing West African dance performance, followed by a lyrical exhibition by an MC from East Oakland. Somewhere in the mix, I saw a pole dancing performance that made me look at my own abs in utter shame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the room, vendors sold paintings and clothing. By the front door, someone passed out free pre-rolled joints. Outside the building, in the atrium, another vendor sold hot plates. And upstairs, a tattoo artist had erected a table for anyone who wanted to leave with some permanent ink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was as if the Bay Area art community was reenacting Noah’s Ark: two of every kind of artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUxX0nL6R-k\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he collage of creatives represented the latest installment in the DAM Events series, a variety show that’s run for over seven years. Standing for Dance, Art and Music, and popping up every couple months in San Francisco and Oakland, it serves as a platform for artists to show their talents, build a following and most importantly: to network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much art going on!” Joseph Ramos, a tattoo artist who works at Sinful Art Studios in Albany, tells me. “If you want to see true art of all kinds, that’s where you want to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DAM Events lead organizer Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili tells me that “the events are a chance to showcase your talents. But the network, that’s what you’re getting involved in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825210\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825210\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That network at DAM, it turns out, is an extremely diverse and talented pool of people. “I’ve seen them work together, do cross-promotion, and support each other by giving references for other gigs,” Khalili says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of our conversation, Khalili is in traffic, coming from a day job in Los Altos, where she manages a physical therapy office, en route to San Francisco to check out venues for forthcoming events, and then headed to a hip-hop dance class in Oakland. She covers the Bay Area daily — so it’s no wonder the attendees, audience and performers at DAM Events are from all over the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t have your average Persian upbringing,” Khalili tells me. Her parents have owned a Yogurt Shop in Menlo Park for 30 years, and felt that Khalili should follow in a similar path of small business ownership. She chose to prioritize the arts over traditional business, appreciative of the Bay Area’s cultural melting pot; her life, both personal and professional, exemplify it. “My friends are all these diverse people, and they have all these diverse friends,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She leverages these connections in order to create the arts bazaar that is DAM Events — which, with all the diversity and talent, would seem to be a flying success. But the problem they face is the same one many Californians face: the cost of space.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">When South Asian performers share stages with burlesque dancers from New Orleans, and the DJ plays “Tell Me When To Go” between their sets, it’s something you’ll only find in the Bay Area.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Venues aren’t cheap. And Khalili says it’s imperative that these events are hosted at venues such as New Parish, where other top names in the entertainment industry have performed, to ensure the artists aren’t overlooked in a different, lackluster setting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And rightfully so. This display of art, culture and diversity should be on a pedestal; it’s what makes the Bay Area unique. When South Asian performers share stages with burlesque dancers from New Orleans, and the DJ plays “Tell Me When To Go” between their sets — and the crowd goes crazy for it all — it’s something you’ll only find in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/IK2aB434YOM?t=17s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>ut it’s gotten harder to keep the Bay Area culture of cross-cultural art connection thriving. Khalili says that a one time, Red Bull sponsored the series, but they don’t fund events like it any longer. She currently charges a fee to perform and/or vend, which artists and creatives can then recoup through ticket sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she’s in the process of pivoting her business model. “What I want to focus on is connecting with more with school programs,” Khalili says, adding that the Academy of the Arts, FIDM and Oakland School of Arts are on her list; she’ll also try to find sponsorships from small or large companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least for now, Khalili says, “it’s from artist for artist. Really ‘mom-and-pop’ kind of vibe… the artists have to be invested in this culture of support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I agree. It’s on the artists to support the artists, before anyone else. And that means supporting the arts in general, not just your own form of art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s also way too many artists willing to starve for their beliefs. During a follow-up call, I ask Ramos, the tattoo artist who worked the December event, if people actually get tattoos at these types of events. He says “not often,” and then adds, “It’s not really about the business, it’s about showcasing your artwork and being around people who do artwork.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As altruistic as spending your Thursday nights unifying with other artists might seem, we live in the Bay Area. Groceries, gas and good housing aren’t cheap. There has to be a larger priority on artists getting paid for their work — and that starts with the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a certain clan of artists once proclaimed: “Cash rules everything around me / C.R.E.A.M. / Get the money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>DAM Events returns with its latest installment this Thursday, Feb. 22, at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. 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Standing for Dance, Art and Music, and popping up every couple months in San Francisco and Oakland, it serves as a platform for artists to show their talents, build a following and most importantly: to network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much art going on!” Joseph Ramos, a tattoo artist who works at Sinful Art Studios in Albany, tells me. “If you want to see true art of all kinds, that’s where you want to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DAM Events lead organizer Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili tells me that “the events are a chance to showcase your talents. But the network, that’s what you’re getting involved in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13825210\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13825210\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Bibi-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That network at DAM, it turns out, is an extremely diverse and talented pool of people. “I’ve seen them work together, do cross-promotion, and support each other by giving references for other gigs,” Khalili says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of our conversation, Khalili is in traffic, coming from a day job in Los Altos, where she manages a physical therapy office, en route to San Francisco to check out venues for forthcoming events, and then headed to a hip-hop dance class in Oakland. She covers the Bay Area daily — so it’s no wonder the attendees, audience and performers at DAM Events are from all over the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t have your average Persian upbringing,” Khalili tells me. Her parents have owned a Yogurt Shop in Menlo Park for 30 years, and felt that Khalili should follow in a similar path of small business ownership. She chose to prioritize the arts over traditional business, appreciative of the Bay Area’s cultural melting pot; her life, both personal and professional, exemplify it. “My friends are all these diverse people, and they have all these diverse friends,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She leverages these connections in order to create the arts bazaar that is DAM Events — which, with all the diversity and talent, would seem to be a flying success. But the problem they face is the same one many Californians face: the cost of space.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">When South Asian performers share stages with burlesque dancers from New Orleans, and the DJ plays “Tell Me When To Go” between their sets, it’s something you’ll only find in the Bay Area.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Venues aren’t cheap. And Khalili says it’s imperative that these events are hosted at venues such as New Parish, where other top names in the entertainment industry have performed, to ensure the artists aren’t overlooked in a different, lackluster setting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And rightfully so. This display of art, culture and diversity should be on a pedestal; it’s what makes the Bay Area unique. When South Asian performers share stages with burlesque dancers from New Orleans, and the DJ plays “Tell Me When To Go” between their sets — and the crowd goes crazy for it all — it’s something you’ll only find in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/IK2aB434YOM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/IK2aB434YOM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>ut it’s gotten harder to keep the Bay Area culture of cross-cultural art connection thriving. Khalili says that a one time, Red Bull sponsored the series, but they don’t fund events like it any longer. She currently charges a fee to perform and/or vend, which artists and creatives can then recoup through ticket sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she’s in the process of pivoting her business model. “What I want to focus on is connecting with more with school programs,” Khalili says, adding that the Academy of the Arts, FIDM and Oakland School of Arts are on her list; she’ll also try to find sponsorships from small or large companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least for now, Khalili says, “it’s from artist for artist. Really ‘mom-and-pop’ kind of vibe… the artists have to be invested in this culture of support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I agree. It’s on the artists to support the artists, before anyone else. And that means supporting the arts in general, not just your own form of art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s also way too many artists willing to starve for their beliefs. During a follow-up call, I ask Ramos, the tattoo artist who worked the December event, if people actually get tattoos at these types of events. He says “not often,” and then adds, “It’s not really about the business, it’s about showcasing your artwork and being around people who do artwork.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As altruistic as spending your Thursday nights unifying with other artists might seem, we live in the Bay Area. Groceries, gas and good housing aren’t cheap. There has to be a larger priority on artists getting paid for their work — and that starts with the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a certain clan of artists once proclaimed: “Cash rules everything around me / C.R.E.A.M. / Get the money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>DAM Events returns with its latest installment this Thursday, Feb. 22, at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Details \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedamevent.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> know why no one has solved the “sideshow problem” yet: because sideshows aren’t a problem; they’re an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The illegal street show, where hundreds of people crowd intersections to watch drivers burn rubber off the tires of high-performance vehicles by swinging donuts and figure-eights, is a phenomenon native to the East Bay. Although we’ve had some rendition of joyriding, racing, or overall appreciation of car culture for decades here in Oakland—as well as the rest of California—it’s the sideshow that attracts people from all around the Bay Area, and sometimes beyond, to the streets of the Town on any given night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s the sideshow that has been in the news for years, even more so lately, after some major recent events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13824589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-800x436.jpg\" alt=\"A daytime sideshow in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-800x436.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-768x418.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-1020x555.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-1180x642.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-960x523.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-240x131.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-375x204.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-520x283.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A daytime sideshow in Oakland. \u003ccite>(via YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n early February, over 30 cars were reportedly towed from a sideshow in East Oakland. In late January, there was a sideshow in East Oakland, which led to a man getting clipped and flipped; a recording shows the man’s pants almost coming off. At that same sideshow, a police helicopter camera was blinded by a laser from a sideshow attendee. That same night a cop was run over by a sideshow participant in Richmond. Days later, a \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/02/02/richmond-drones-license-plate-readers-sideshows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPIX report\u003c/a> noted that Richmond PD was planning to use drones and license plate readers to combat sideshows from the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">If the moonshine running business can lay the foundation for NASCAR, why couldn’t illegal sideshows be the foundation for an innovative legal organized car show in Oakland?\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To recap: helicopters, drones, license plate readers, tow trucks, and numerous hours of (overtime?) pay is going into combating this problem of sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s undeniable that sideshows are a public safety issue (what more evidence do you need than the footage of the man almost losing his life and his pants at the same time?), I’d ask you to look at more footage, and maybe you’ll start to see the sideshows as the attendees do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll see that there’s an art to the way the cars swing. There’s a certain cadence to the dance of the thousand-pound vehicles. There’s a bit of the free-spirited fun of being a rebel, a unique, regional form of the larger culture of appreciating the power and majestic force of a car — and that’s no different than monster truck shows, low-rider competitions, or even the beloved sport of NASCAR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On NASCAR’s website, there’s a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2012/11/01/moonshine-mystique.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great story about the origins of the sport\u003c/a>. The end of the first full paragraph reads, “A bunch of dirt-poor good ol’ boys who lived anywhere from Virginia on down to Georgia had no other choice to survive than the illegal whiskey business. They souped up their cars to haul their bounty, and then ran from the law like their behinds were on fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”2F7nMZK2XKqFE8VsDTDCMgaxbXPtqg6t”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually these “good ol’ boys” organized, got the more talented drivers together, found places to race, and created a league. Years later, the same drivers who ran moonshine reportedly met up in annual reunions with the police who used to chase them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the moonshine running business can lay the foundation for NASCAR, why couldn’t illegal sideshows be the foundation for an innovative legal organized car show in Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13824600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Richie Rich. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Rich: ‘For someone to fully enjoy the sideshow, there has to be an illegal side to it.’ \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here are a number of truly skilled drivers at the sideshows in the Town. It’d be amazing to see their talents featured in one of the many movies or car commercials filmed here. It’d be even more amazing to see the city take an entrepreneurial dive into the possibility of creating a venue where these drivers can get paid for showing their talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about it: Drivers could get a launch on their careers. Mechanics could be employed. Attendees could have a new entertainment venue in East Oakland. Vendors could make money. And Oakland could maximize on a subculture that has been present here for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been conversation about legalizing sideshows in the past. A \u003ca href=\"https://bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/the-idea-of-decriminalizing-oakland-sideshows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> article from 2009\u003c/a> notes that former mayor Ron Dellums and councilmember Desley Brooks were both interested in the potential of finding a safe legal venue for sideshows. “At the time, there was no political will,” Brooks told me during a phone call last week. She said she was interested in taking the controllable aspects, “turning a car in circles, and a boy meeting girl while showing off his nice car,” and putting that into a safe venue, but when people at the city level heard the word “legal sideshow” they misinterpreted her intentions and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/R910221730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wouldn’t support the idea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”E5X3uxVA3mOIvd5wKqzvJLzcGQgd6KyU”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brooks is still pessimistic about police being able to quell the cat-and-mouse chase that often happens as a result of sideshows. “They think law enforcement is going to stop this, and it hasn’t happened yet,” said Brooks. “We’ve spent millions of dollars, literally millions of dollars on this!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She then mentioned San Diego’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiego.gov/stadium/event/tenants/racelegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Race Legal\u003c/a> initiative as an example of taking illegal car culture and putting it into a safe entertainment venue. She then followed by saying the sideshows as of late are a far reach from those of ’09 and before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie Rich, a rapper who had a hit song in 1990 called “The Side Show,” also told me that the sideshow has changed since his era. “It used to be a party,” said Rich. “We used to come out clean, on trues and vogues, candy paint, and there’d be hella (women), and some people would swing they shit, and others would just roll through looking clean.” He acknowledges that today’s drivers do things he hadn’t seen before—like wide donuts that nearly clip the curb—but he’s also amazed at how violent the attendees of sideshows have become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about legalizing Sideshows, Rich says he’s not buying it, “It’d be a liability issue. For someone to fully enjoy the sideshow, there has to be an illegal side to it.” Rich continued to tell me, “You’ve got to be a little drunk to enjoy driving like that.” He ended by saying that he imagines legalizing sideshows would water down the entertainment value. “It’s like when they gave Bernie Mac a TV show. It was still funny, because it was Bernie Mac, but it wasn’t the cussing and stuff we were used to from Bernie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRNz0-GHpN8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>aybe Rich is right. Maybe legalizing sideshows in a permitted venue would dilute the entertainment value. Maybe the cost of the liability is a bigger bill than what law enforcement is currently investing. Maybe it wouldn’t work. There’s a lot of maybes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But two things are for sure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Something has to be done about sideshows in Oakland, and I believe that it would behoove the powers that be to see it as an opportunity and not a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. I did appreciate Bernie Mac’s explicit standup act more than his broadcast show, but I’d take a water-downed version over not having him at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland, and a weekly columnist for KQED Arts. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> know why no one has solved the “sideshow problem” yet: because sideshows aren’t a problem; they’re an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The illegal street show, where hundreds of people crowd intersections to watch drivers burn rubber off the tires of high-performance vehicles by swinging donuts and figure-eights, is a phenomenon native to the East Bay. Although we’ve had some rendition of joyriding, racing, or overall appreciation of car culture for decades here in Oakland—as well as the rest of California—it’s the sideshow that attracts people from all around the Bay Area, and sometimes beyond, to the streets of the Town on any given night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s the sideshow that has been in the news for years, even more so lately, after some major recent events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13824589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-800x436.jpg\" alt=\"A daytime sideshow in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-800x436.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-768x418.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-1020x555.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-1180x642.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-960x523.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-240x131.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-375x204.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube-520x283.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Sideshow.Youtube.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A daytime sideshow in Oakland. \u003ccite>(via YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n early February, over 30 cars were reportedly towed from a sideshow in East Oakland. In late January, there was a sideshow in East Oakland, which led to a man getting clipped and flipped; a recording shows the man’s pants almost coming off. At that same sideshow, a police helicopter camera was blinded by a laser from a sideshow attendee. That same night a cop was run over by a sideshow participant in Richmond. Days later, a \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/02/02/richmond-drones-license-plate-readers-sideshows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPIX report\u003c/a> noted that Richmond PD was planning to use drones and license plate readers to combat sideshows from the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">If the moonshine running business can lay the foundation for NASCAR, why couldn’t illegal sideshows be the foundation for an innovative legal organized car show in Oakland?\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To recap: helicopters, drones, license plate readers, tow trucks, and numerous hours of (overtime?) pay is going into combating this problem of sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s undeniable that sideshows are a public safety issue (what more evidence do you need than the footage of the man almost losing his life and his pants at the same time?), I’d ask you to look at more footage, and maybe you’ll start to see the sideshows as the attendees do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll see that there’s an art to the way the cars swing. There’s a certain cadence to the dance of the thousand-pound vehicles. There’s a bit of the free-spirited fun of being a rebel, a unique, regional form of the larger culture of appreciating the power and majestic force of a car — and that’s no different than monster truck shows, low-rider competitions, or even the beloved sport of NASCAR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On NASCAR’s website, there’s a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2012/11/01/moonshine-mystique.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">great story about the origins of the sport\u003c/a>. The end of the first full paragraph reads, “A bunch of dirt-poor good ol’ boys who lived anywhere from Virginia on down to Georgia had no other choice to survive than the illegal whiskey business. They souped up their cars to haul their bounty, and then ran from the law like their behinds were on fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually these “good ol’ boys” organized, got the more talented drivers together, found places to race, and created a league. Years later, the same drivers who ran moonshine reportedly met up in annual reunions with the police who used to chase them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the moonshine running business can lay the foundation for NASCAR, why couldn’t illegal sideshows be the foundation for an innovative legal organized car show in Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13824600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13824600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Richie Rich. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/RichieRich-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Rich: ‘For someone to fully enjoy the sideshow, there has to be an illegal side to it.’ \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here are a number of truly skilled drivers at the sideshows in the Town. It’d be amazing to see their talents featured in one of the many movies or car commercials filmed here. It’d be even more amazing to see the city take an entrepreneurial dive into the possibility of creating a venue where these drivers can get paid for showing their talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about it: Drivers could get a launch on their careers. Mechanics could be employed. Attendees could have a new entertainment venue in East Oakland. Vendors could make money. And Oakland could maximize on a subculture that has been present here for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been conversation about legalizing sideshows in the past. A \u003ca href=\"https://bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/the-idea-of-decriminalizing-oakland-sideshows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> article from 2009\u003c/a> notes that former mayor Ron Dellums and councilmember Desley Brooks were both interested in the potential of finding a safe legal venue for sideshows. “At the time, there was no political will,” Brooks told me during a phone call last week. She said she was interested in taking the controllable aspects, “turning a car in circles, and a boy meeting girl while showing off his nice car,” and putting that into a safe venue, but when people at the city level heard the word “legal sideshow” they misinterpreted her intentions and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/R910221730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wouldn’t support the idea\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brooks is still pessimistic about police being able to quell the cat-and-mouse chase that often happens as a result of sideshows. “They think law enforcement is going to stop this, and it hasn’t happened yet,” said Brooks. “We’ve spent millions of dollars, literally millions of dollars on this!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She then mentioned San Diego’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiego.gov/stadium/event/tenants/racelegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Race Legal\u003c/a> initiative as an example of taking illegal car culture and putting it into a safe entertainment venue. She then followed by saying the sideshows as of late are a far reach from those of ’09 and before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie Rich, a rapper who had a hit song in 1990 called “The Side Show,” also told me that the sideshow has changed since his era. “It used to be a party,” said Rich. “We used to come out clean, on trues and vogues, candy paint, and there’d be hella (women), and some people would swing they shit, and others would just roll through looking clean.” He acknowledges that today’s drivers do things he hadn’t seen before—like wide donuts that nearly clip the curb—but he’s also amazed at how violent the attendees of sideshows have become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about legalizing Sideshows, Rich says he’s not buying it, “It’d be a liability issue. For someone to fully enjoy the sideshow, there has to be an illegal side to it.” Rich continued to tell me, “You’ve got to be a little drunk to enjoy driving like that.” He ended by saying that he imagines legalizing sideshows would water down the entertainment value. “It’s like when they gave Bernie Mac a TV show. It was still funny, because it was Bernie Mac, but it wasn’t the cussing and stuff we were used to from Bernie.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/aRNz0-GHpN8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/aRNz0-GHpN8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">M\u003c/span>aybe Rich is right. Maybe legalizing sideshows in a permitted venue would dilute the entertainment value. Maybe the cost of the liability is a bigger bill than what law enforcement is currently investing. Maybe it wouldn’t work. There’s a lot of maybes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But two things are for sure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Something has to be done about sideshows in Oakland, and I believe that it would behoove the powers that be to see it as an opportunity and not a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">E\u003c/span>arly last week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sxsw.com/film/2018/sxsw-film-festival-announces-2018-features-opening-night-film-quiet-place/?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=sxsw2018&utm_content=film_2018_features_lineup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South by Southwest\u003c/a> festival in Austin announced the 132 feature films to be shown this year — including \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.jinnfilm.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jinn\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, which depicts the coming of age story of a Muslim, African American, foodie, social media-indulging woman who finds young love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film’s writer and director, Nijla Mu’min, is the first to acknowledge that the movie was based on her complex upbringing right here in the Bay Area. Born in Berkeley, raised between Hayward and Oakland, Mu’min is the latest filmmaker to rise out of the Bay’s water and make a splash on the silver screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while 2018 is looking to be a banner year for Oakland in film — Ryan Coogler’s \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em>, Boots Riley’s \u003cem>Sorry to Bother You\u003c/em>, and Carlos Lopez Estrada’s \u003cem>Blindspotting\u003c/em>, starring Daveed Diggs — \u003cem>Jinn\u003c/em> is unlike any of them, the product of Mu’min’s singular perspective. This past week I got a chance to pick her brain about premiering her first full-length feature film, and the path she blazed in order to get here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13823762\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-800x335.jpg\" alt=\"Zoe Renee plays Summer, a 'shape-shifting, pepperoni- loving, black teenage Instagram celebrity' who converts to Islam, in Nijla Mu'min's film 'Jinn.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-800x335.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-768x322.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-1020x427.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-960x402.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-240x101.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-375x157.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-520x218.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe Renee plays Summer, a ‘shape-shifting, pepperoni- loving, black teenage Instagram celebrity’ who converts to Islam, in Nijla Mu’min’s film ‘Jinn.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Sweet Potato Pie/Morgan's Mark)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>rior to last week’s SXSW announcement, Mu’min had a taste of the spotlight when \u003cem>Filmmaker Magazine\u003c/em> listed her as \u003ca href=\"https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/nijla-mumin/#.Wnjz9CPyuiY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the 25 new faces of independent film\u003c/a>. An earlier film of hers, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/65992824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deluge\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, received some attention and awards, but it was a later film, \u003cem>Dream\u003c/em>, that was shown at numerous film festivals and eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ZGzJvse5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screened on Issa Rae’s film series, #ShortFilmSundays\u003c/a>. She’s also worked behind the scenes, as she once served as a production assistant for Ava DuVernay on the set of \u003cem>Middle of Nowhere\u003c/em> (DuVernay’s second feature film, before \u003cem>Selma\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I just got out there and did it! … I just got out there, and made my film. And that’s the way the Bay Area raised me.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Before that, she was rubbing shoulders with big industry names far before they were big industry names. As a kid, she attended summer camp at Oakland’s Mosswood Park with a young Ryan Coogler. And Mu’min’s first film, which she made while studying mass communications at UC Berkeley, was shot near Oakland’s Children’s Hospital and starred a young Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who viewers might recognize from \u003cem>The Get Down\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just got out there and did it!” Mu’min says. The film was a passion project, shot guerilla style. Mu’min, who has since attended Howard University and CalArts’ film programs but had no formal filmmaking experience at the time, says, “That was my foundation. I just got out there, and made my film. And that’s the way the Bay Area raised me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, she was a budding writer. She had experience in journalism as the editor of Cal’s Onyx Express, and she was a performing poet who was involved with Poetry for the People. But she can trace the seeds of her passion for storytelling back to her prepubescent years. While attending elementary school in Hayward, at just 8 years old, she vividly remembers going to the principal’s office and protesting the fact the school didn’t have any activities acknowledging Black History Month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mu’min’s parents separated when she was young, but both steeped her in the importance of her heritage. Her father, who was once a part of the Nation of Islam before converting to being a Sunni Muslim, made sure to immerse Mu’min in the religious community. Her mother, who was less into organized religion, made sure Mu’min was aware of what it meant to be a Black woman in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That experience, as an African American Muslim woman navigating society in search for her true identity, was the catalyst for \u003cem>Jinn\u003c/em>, which stars Zoe Renee as a teenager named Summer. “It’s kind of pulled from my story, especially as a teenager. I felt conflicted about my identity. It continued as I went to college,” says Mu’min. “There’s these competing sides of my identity, and I wanted to be ok with that…. I think people relate to flawed complex characters, people who live one way in one world, and another way in another world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13823745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Nijla Mu'min, writer and director of 'Jinn.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nijla Mu’min, writer and director of ‘Jinn.’ \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>eyond the complexities of the on-screen story, there’s a number of behind the scenes complications Mu’min faced, given what some might call “identity politics of the film industry.” From being a woman seeking funding from organizations with men in positions of power, to simply finding a template for the unique kind of stories she wants to tell, Mu’min’s path to completing \u003cem>Jinn\u003c/em> hasn’t always been smooth. And there have been some surprises along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the negative narrative spewed from the Oval Office demeaning Muslims in America, she has benefited. “I think the current political climate helped us,” Mu’min says. She uses her art a means of subverting and offering a counter narrative to the damaging depictions of her religion, and that’s something her supporters have stood behind. “One of our funders was like ‘let’s do it — we have to do it now!’ It’s so important to have art responding to the current climate,” says Mu’min.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she’s also met some resistance from unexpected communities — like her own. She says that isn’t always easy to write complex stories as a Black filmmaker. “People want you to tell positive Black stories,” says Mu’min. “But we have to tell real stories, about real people. And real people might do some positive things, but they might do some things that aren’t so good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mu’min’s drive and artistic ability has already earned her some early successes, with her talent increasingly recognized. Given what she’s gleaned from her parents, community and film industry thus far, there will undoubtedly be more depictions of complex stories written by Mu’min to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland, and a weekly columnist for KQED Arts. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Born in Berkeley, raised between Hayward and Oakland, Mu’min is the latest filmmaker to rise out of the Bay’s water and make a splash on the silver screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while 2018 is looking to be a banner year for Oakland in film — Ryan Coogler’s \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em>, Boots Riley’s \u003cem>Sorry to Bother You\u003c/em>, and Carlos Lopez Estrada’s \u003cem>Blindspotting\u003c/em>, starring Daveed Diggs — \u003cem>Jinn\u003c/em> is unlike any of them, the product of Mu’min’s singular perspective. This past week I got a chance to pick her brain about premiering her first full-length feature film, and the path she blazed in order to get here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13823762\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-800x335.jpg\" alt=\"Zoe Renee plays Summer, a 'shape-shifting, pepperoni- loving, black teenage Instagram celebrity' who converts to Islam, in Nijla Mu'min's film 'Jinn.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-800x335.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-768x322.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-1020x427.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-960x402.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-240x101.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-375x157.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_-520x218.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Jinn.Still_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe Renee plays Summer, a ‘shape-shifting, pepperoni- loving, black teenage Instagram celebrity’ who converts to Islam, in Nijla Mu’min’s film ‘Jinn.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Sweet Potato Pie/Morgan's Mark)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>rior to last week’s SXSW announcement, Mu’min had a taste of the spotlight when \u003cem>Filmmaker Magazine\u003c/em> listed her as \u003ca href=\"https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/nijla-mumin/#.Wnjz9CPyuiY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the 25 new faces of independent film\u003c/a>. An earlier film of hers, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/65992824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deluge\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, received some attention and awards, but it was a later film, \u003cem>Dream\u003c/em>, that was shown at numerous film festivals and eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ZGzJvse5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screened on Issa Rae’s film series, #ShortFilmSundays\u003c/a>. She’s also worked behind the scenes, as she once served as a production assistant for Ava DuVernay on the set of \u003cem>Middle of Nowhere\u003c/em> (DuVernay’s second feature film, before \u003cem>Selma\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I just got out there and did it! … I just got out there, and made my film. And that’s the way the Bay Area raised me.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Before that, she was rubbing shoulders with big industry names far before they were big industry names. As a kid, she attended summer camp at Oakland’s Mosswood Park with a young Ryan Coogler. And Mu’min’s first film, which she made while studying mass communications at UC Berkeley, was shot near Oakland’s Children’s Hospital and starred a young Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who viewers might recognize from \u003cem>The Get Down\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just got out there and did it!” Mu’min says. The film was a passion project, shot guerilla style. Mu’min, who has since attended Howard University and CalArts’ film programs but had no formal filmmaking experience at the time, says, “That was my foundation. I just got out there, and made my film. And that’s the way the Bay Area raised me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, she was a budding writer. She had experience in journalism as the editor of Cal’s Onyx Express, and she was a performing poet who was involved with Poetry for the People. But she can trace the seeds of her passion for storytelling back to her prepubescent years. While attending elementary school in Hayward, at just 8 years old, she vividly remembers going to the principal’s office and protesting the fact the school didn’t have any activities acknowledging Black History Month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mu’min’s parents separated when she was young, but both steeped her in the importance of her heritage. Her father, who was once a part of the Nation of Islam before converting to being a Sunni Muslim, made sure to immerse Mu’min in the religious community. Her mother, who was less into organized religion, made sure Mu’min was aware of what it meant to be a Black woman in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That experience, as an African American Muslim woman navigating society in search for her true identity, was the catalyst for \u003cem>Jinn\u003c/em>, which stars Zoe Renee as a teenager named Summer. “It’s kind of pulled from my story, especially as a teenager. I felt conflicted about my identity. It continued as I went to college,” says Mu’min. “There’s these competing sides of my identity, and I wanted to be ok with that…. I think people relate to flawed complex characters, people who live one way in one world, and another way in another world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13823745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Nijla Mu'min, writer and director of 'Jinn.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/02/Nijla.Inline-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nijla Mu’min, writer and director of ‘Jinn.’ \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>eyond the complexities of the on-screen story, there’s a number of behind the scenes complications Mu’min faced, given what some might call “identity politics of the film industry.” From being a woman seeking funding from organizations with men in positions of power, to simply finding a template for the unique kind of stories she wants to tell, Mu’min’s path to completing \u003cem>Jinn\u003c/em> hasn’t always been smooth. And there have been some surprises along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the negative narrative spewed from the Oval Office demeaning Muslims in America, she has benefited. “I think the current political climate helped us,” Mu’min says. She uses her art a means of subverting and offering a counter narrative to the damaging depictions of her religion, and that’s something her supporters have stood behind. “One of our funders was like ‘let’s do it — we have to do it now!’ It’s so important to have art responding to the current climate,” says Mu’min.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she’s also met some resistance from unexpected communities — like her own. She says that isn’t always easy to write complex stories as a Black filmmaker. “People want you to tell positive Black stories,” says Mu’min. “But we have to tell real stories, about real people. And real people might do some positive things, but they might do some things that aren’t so good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mu’min’s drive and artistic ability has already earned her some early successes, with her talent increasingly recognized. Given what she’s gleaned from her parents, community and film industry thus far, there will undoubtedly be more depictions of complex stories written by Mu’min to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here’s a scene in Brenton Gieser’s documentary film \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/238410662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tender Souls\u003c/a>\u003c/em> in which a young girl named Emily walks down the street, with her mother at her side, as she celebrates her third birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The duo ventures through San Francisco’s notoriously rough Tenderloin neighborhood, holding colorful celebratory bags, toward a crowd of people posted on a corner. The crowd gives warning the little girl is coming. Not so they can cue up a sing-along to “Happy Birthday” (although one man does eventually sing to her), but to make sure that all the drugs are put away and the corner is a kid-friendly environment — if only for a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This scene is symbolic of the film as a whole. It shows kindness in the middle of this “rough” community. It shows people taking time to understand and respect the presence of this little girl. And most importantly, it shows the significance of understanding someone’s life story, even if only for a few moments on their third birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823206\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson.jpg\" alt=\"Corey Jackson in the documentary 'Tender Souls.'\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CoreyJackson-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corey Jackson in the documentary ‘Tender Souls.’ \u003ccite>(Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>ociety has developed a number of ways to assist people living in “rough” neighborhoods, in the margins of society, in the shadows of Silicon Valley and on the streets of San Francisco. There are outreach and intake programs, mental health offices and drug addiction clinics, halfway houses and houses of the lord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are short-term remedies: In Oakland, there are people \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/11/29/oakland-tuff-sheds-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in Tuff Sheds\u003c/a>. In San Jose, people are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/19/on-peninsula-and-in-south-bay-rvs-have-become-symbol-of-homelessness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in RVs and trailers\u003c/a>. In San Diego, hundreds of people are \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/homelessness/sd-me-tent-opening-20171130-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in one big-ass tent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It makes absolutely no sense why the disparity in wealth is so geographically close.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>There are legislators, both on a local and statewide level, who seem to care. But last week, during his State of the State speech, Governor Jerry Brown failed to mention rising homelessness in California, completely avoiding one of the biggest issues in the state. That same week, Leilani Farha, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to housing, visited Oakland and San Francisco. She was \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/01/21/united-nations-expert-describes-oakland-and-californias-homeless-crisis-as-cruel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appalled at the way people were living\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To her credit, Farha didn’t just drive by and shake her head at the shantytown-like compounds of tents and other makeshift structures, cropping up with increasing regularity in the Bay Area. Instead, she spoke to the people living in them, and got an understanding of their stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s what \u003cem>Tender Souls\u003c/em> does: seeks understanding in order to puts these stories in context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823211\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 478px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823211\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brenton Gieser, director of 'Tender Souls.'\" width=\"478\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1.jpg 478w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1-160x209.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1-240x313.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1-375x489.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenton Gieser, director of ‘Tender Souls.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker and photographer Brenton Gieser uses the analogy of a funnel to describe the process of addressing the needs of those living in poor housing situations. “The movement toward change starts with stories,” Gieser says. He believes that understanding the background of someone’s life story is imperative to assisting them. “And then, you get more narrow, where the actual change happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knows that it’s not just a matter of hearing someone’s story and then, \u003cem>voilà!\u003c/em>, problem solved. “I think soulful change is a multifaceted thing,” says Gieser. “It can’t just be ‘hey, make a nice film’ and that’s it. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gieser, 32, has been working as a documentarian in the Tenderloin for two and a half years. He’s also behind the \u003ca href=\"https://www.tendersoulsproject.com/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tender Souls photo project\u003c/a> with collaborator Felix Uribe, and has represented the younger generation on a special committee at Glide Memorial Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of \u003ca href=\"https://www.citychurchsf.org/City-Hope-Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City Hope\u003c/a> as executive producers, Gieser and his team made \u003cem>Tender Souls\u003c/em> on a shoestring budget, shot it just over a week, and although he’s had multiple screenings and has accumulated \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/238410662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 35,000 views on Vimeo\u003c/a>, he has made no money off the film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet through making “a nice film,” he has the chance to reach audiences who might have the resources to assist — you know, the people who just drive/bus/rideshare past the shantytown-like villages under freeway overpasses on their way to their well-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823208\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis Bradford in the documentary 'Tender Souls,' about life on the margins in the Tenderloin.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis Bradford in the documentary ‘Tender Souls,’ about life on the margins in the Tenderloin. \u003ccite>(Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span> person could stand in the heart of the Tenderloin and throw a crack rock to the doorstep of some of the wealthiest businesses in the world. It makes absolutely no sense why the disparity in wealth is so geographically close. Gieser wants to change that. “With tech being the pervasive culture, we’re seeing the polarization of different cultures between the haves and have nots. It’s important to capture the attention of the people who \u003cem>aren’t\u003c/em> walking through the Tenderloin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gieser is just one of the many individuals and organizations who do this work. In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glide Memorial\u003c/a> has been a cornerstone for eons. On my side of the Bay, in Oakland, the work of organizations such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/The-Village-in-Oakland-feedthepeople-731643677003021/?fref=mentions&pnref=story.unseen-section\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Village\u003c/a> in Oakland, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/eastoakcollective/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Oakland Collective\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://shadowproof.com/2017/09/12/inspired-black-panthers-peoples-breakfast-oakland-helps-neglected-government/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a> is more than necessary. As Gieser said, it’s going to take a multifaceted effort. It’s going to take legislation and healthcare. It’s going to take organized religion and random individuals. And it’s going to take understanding and compassion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823210\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany McClendon and daughter Emily in the documentary 'Tender Souls.'\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiffany McClendon and daughter Emily in the documentary ‘Tender Souls.’ \u003ccite>(Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But before all that, at the wider end of the funnel, Gieser remains a firm believer that the power of empathy can alter the situation. To that end, he’ll continue to screen his film and work in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Stories have the power to not only educate,” he says, “but to open hearts, and to break hearts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are short-term remedies: In Oakland, there are people \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/11/29/oakland-tuff-sheds-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in Tuff Sheds\u003c/a>. In San Jose, people are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/19/on-peninsula-and-in-south-bay-rvs-have-become-symbol-of-homelessness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in RVs and trailers\u003c/a>. In San Diego, hundreds of people are \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/homelessness/sd-me-tent-opening-20171130-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">living in one big-ass tent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It makes absolutely no sense why the disparity in wealth is so geographically close.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>There are legislators, both on a local and statewide level, who seem to care. But last week, during his State of the State speech, Governor Jerry Brown failed to mention rising homelessness in California, completely avoiding one of the biggest issues in the state. That same week, Leilani Farha, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to housing, visited Oakland and San Francisco. She was \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/01/21/united-nations-expert-describes-oakland-and-californias-homeless-crisis-as-cruel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appalled at the way people were living\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To her credit, Farha didn’t just drive by and shake her head at the shantytown-like compounds of tents and other makeshift structures, cropping up with increasing regularity in the Bay Area. Instead, she spoke to the people living in them, and got an understanding of their stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s what \u003cem>Tender Souls\u003c/em> does: seeks understanding in order to puts these stories in context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823211\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 478px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823211\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brenton Gieser, director of 'Tender Souls.'\" width=\"478\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1.jpg 478w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1-160x209.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1-240x313.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/unnamed-1-375x489.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenton Gieser, director of ‘Tender Souls.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker and photographer Brenton Gieser uses the analogy of a funnel to describe the process of addressing the needs of those living in poor housing situations. “The movement toward change starts with stories,” Gieser says. He believes that understanding the background of someone’s life story is imperative to assisting them. “And then, you get more narrow, where the actual change happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knows that it’s not just a matter of hearing someone’s story and then, \u003cem>voilà!\u003c/em>, problem solved. “I think soulful change is a multifaceted thing,” says Gieser. “It can’t just be ‘hey, make a nice film’ and that’s it. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gieser, 32, has been working as a documentarian in the Tenderloin for two and a half years. He’s also behind the \u003ca href=\"https://www.tendersoulsproject.com/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tender Souls photo project\u003c/a> with collaborator Felix Uribe, and has represented the younger generation on a special committee at Glide Memorial Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of \u003ca href=\"https://www.citychurchsf.org/City-Hope-Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City Hope\u003c/a> as executive producers, Gieser and his team made \u003cem>Tender Souls\u003c/em> on a shoestring budget, shot it just over a week, and although he’s had multiple screenings and has accumulated \u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/238410662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over 35,000 views on Vimeo\u003c/a>, he has made no money off the film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet through making “a nice film,” he has the chance to reach audiences who might have the resources to assist — you know, the people who just drive/bus/rideshare past the shantytown-like villages under freeway overpasses on their way to their well-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823208\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis Bradford in the documentary 'Tender Souls,' about life on the margins in the Tenderloin.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/CurtisBradford-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curtis Bradford in the documentary ‘Tender Souls,’ about life on the margins in the Tenderloin. \u003ccite>(Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span> person could stand in the heart of the Tenderloin and throw a crack rock to the doorstep of some of the wealthiest businesses in the world. It makes absolutely no sense why the disparity in wealth is so geographically close. Gieser wants to change that. “With tech being the pervasive culture, we’re seeing the polarization of different cultures between the haves and have nots. It’s important to capture the attention of the people who \u003cem>aren’t\u003c/em> walking through the Tenderloin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gieser is just one of the many individuals and organizations who do this work. In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glide Memorial\u003c/a> has been a cornerstone for eons. On my side of the Bay, in Oakland, the work of organizations such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/The-Village-in-Oakland-feedthepeople-731643677003021/?fref=mentions&pnref=story.unseen-section\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Village\u003c/a> in Oakland, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/eastoakcollective/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Oakland Collective\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://shadowproof.com/2017/09/12/inspired-black-panthers-peoples-breakfast-oakland-helps-neglected-government/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People’s Breakfast Oakland\u003c/a> is more than necessary. As Gieser said, it’s going to take a multifaceted effort. It’s going to take legislation and healthcare. It’s going to take organized religion and random individuals. And it’s going to take understanding and compassion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13823210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13823210\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany McClendon and daughter Emily in the documentary 'Tender Souls.'\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/Tiffeny.Emily_.Embed_-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiffany McClendon and daughter Emily in the documentary ‘Tender Souls.’ \u003ccite>(Brenton Gieser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But before all that, at the wider end of the funnel, Gieser remains a firm believer that the power of empathy can alter the situation. To that end, he’ll continue to screen his film and work in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Stories have the power to not only educate,” he says, “but to open hearts, and to break hearts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s time to acknowledge that the Grammy Awards has a real race problem on its hands: It’s racing toward total irrelevance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well before the night reached its disappointing apex, viewers were already feeling let down. “[S]till mad as hell that I kept watching the Grammys after Best New Artist,” Nadeska Alexis, the moderator of Complex’s \u003cem>Everyday Struggle\u003c/em> hip-hop commentary show, tweeted during her morning-after commute today, echoing the sentiments of most hip-hop fans. She was referring to the loss by R&B darling SZA in the Best New Artist category, despite the breakout success of her debut album \u003cem>Ctrl\u003c/em> in 2017. The loss by Kendrick Lamar’s Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate foreshadowed the rest of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”7FctIg3iAu3HXUgtXuItolE9k4067uR6″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This happened despite the Academy’s attempt to make up for its history of snubs where hip-hop, and black music in general, are concerned. The main event of November’s nominations was the record number of rap artists nominated outside the hip-hop categories. For those keeping score, it signaled that the Academy might finally be ready to acknowledge that the genre’s impact is much broader than the narrow confines to which it has historically been relegated. The recognition seemed to coincide with the rise of hip-hop/R&B — i.e. black music — as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085975/us-music-consumption-up-2017-rb-hip-hop-most-popular-genre\">most-consumed genre\u003c/a> in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two of 2017’s most resonant albums, Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em> and Jay-Z’s \u003cem>4:44\u003c/em>, competed against rapper Childish Gambino’s funk-inspired departure \u003cem>“Awaken, My Love!”\u003c/em> in a category rounded out by Lorde (\u003cem>Melodrama\u003c/em>) and ultimate upsetter Bruno Mars (\u003cem>24K Magic\u003c/em>), who also took home respective trophies for Song and Record of the Year (“That’s What I Like,” “24K Magic”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with the deck stacked in hip-hop’s favor, the genre came up short yet again in the coveted Album of the Year category. But the real loss is for the Recording Academy, which continues to prove how out of step it has become. If the story of 2017 is hip-hop’s takeover, the Grammys, by failing to reflect rap’s urgency, have settled deeper into an age-old narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly enough, Jay made a record as close to Grammy bait as any, a veteran performer releasing his most mature album to date, wrapped in a vulnerable narrative that features everything from him apologizing for celebrity infidelity to his mother’s personal coming out on record. And Lamar released a record deemed consensus album of the year, a critical and commercial success, by toeing the line between heady conceptual arc and rare pop triumph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snub makes it explicit that the Grammys is not here for hip-hop. And that’s no surprise. As is often the case, there are plenty of other problems we could discuss regarding Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. The lack of women nominees, in a year when the industry’s complicit silence around sexism speaks louder than the resulting #metoo movement, is a travesty. And there’s no excusing how the Spanish-language “Despacito,” which tied for longest-running \u003cem>Billboard \u003c/em>100 No. 1, failed to pick up a single award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the results of a flawed voting process that increasingly fails to reflect the will of the majority in pop or politics. The electorate, in this case, is an aging academy membership in dire need of hip replacement surgery. But there’s a bigger takeaway regarding the Academy’s record on hip-hop that’s easy to miss. Despite celebrated Album of the Year wins by Lauryn Hill (\u003cem>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill\u003c/em>, 1999) and OutKast (\u003cem>Speakerboxxx/The Love Below\u003c/em>, 2004), a pure rap album has never won the Grammy’s most esteemed category. Without the R&B-heavy stylings Lauryn offered on \u003cem>Miseducation\u003c/em> or Andre 3000’s pop-inflected melodies, a la “Hey Ya,” on \u003cem>The Love Below\u003c/em>, neither of those projects would’ve been primed for the award. Not even Eminem, the genre’s great white hope and one of the best emcees of all time, has won in the coveted AOY category; nominated for \u003cem>The Marshall Mathers LP\u003c/em> in 2001, he lost to Steely Dan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what does it mean? Are the Grammys woefully out of touch, or do these chronic missteps mirror a deeper reflection of America’s inbred racism?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”m3uVq5Jn241snf2khW8w9JVA4MGP65SS”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, in no way, erases the impact of Bruno Mars’ album win. Being a man of color himself, he acknowledges R&B predecessors from Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to Teddy Riley among his greatest influences. But in 2018, he’s also a safe Grammy pick who echoes the sounds of the past with performances that recall an era of black music more palatable to the mainstream now that it’s two decades in the recycled past. His chops may be rooted within the realm of hip-hop, as \u003cem>The New York Times Magazine’s \u003c/em>Jody Rosen \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jodyrosen/status/958013399937495042\">argued today\u003c/a>, but it’s the fact that his music is also pop-friendly, drawing from many genres, that makes him easy for Grammy voters to embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, artists pushing the envelope in 2017 are forced to watch from the sidelines or fight like crabs over the rap categories. Hip-hop’s relationship with the award show began with a boycott back in 1989. Since then the debate has continued to rage on about whether such recognition matters. From frequent Grammy-winner Kanye West to the never-nominated Vince Staples, rap artists have pointed to the significance of rap being segregated from the general categories. While November’s list of nominees looked hopeful, it was only a reminder of the inherent bias that remains built into the system in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An artist would be stupid at this point to believe in change. Jay-Z reportedly declined the Academy’s invitation to perform last night. A performance on the Grammy stage works wonders for most young artists, but at this point in Jay-Z’s career he’d only be putting on a spectacle for ratings. The most successful rap artist in the history of the genre might not require our sympathies, but just imagine what it must be like for Jay-Z to walk away empty-handed in the general award categories, just as his wife Beyoncé did one year ago. When Adele won Album of the Year over \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>, even she admittedly struggled to accept the award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”21FhlAhmAEBYUxUYVzNVElaY5edakSjO”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I don’t know if the Academy deserves all the blame. Maybe the award show is a scapegoat for a greater ill. The Grammys’ continued ghettoization of hip-hop is a distillation of America’s longstanding record on race. It’s a woefully offbeat record that black artists continue to remix and subvert. But if the rough and real noise heard in voices that dare to challenge that record — like those voices employed by Lamar throughout \u003cem>DAMN. \u003c/em>or the ones Jay exorcises on such \u003cem>4:44\u003c/em> songs as “Story of O.J.” — continue to fall on deaf Academy ears, those voices will only grow louder. And the Grammy’s will mute its own self-importance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, a show of some sort will go on — whether onstage or off. Because “the only thing more frightening than watching a black man be honest in America,” as comedian Dave Chappelle interjected last night during Kendrick Lamar’s opening performance, is \u003cem>being \u003c/em>black in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Same+Old+Rap%3A+The+Grammys%27+Race+Toward+Irrelevance+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s time to acknowledge that the Grammy Awards has a real race problem on its hands: It’s racing toward total irrelevance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well before the night reached its disappointing apex, viewers were already feeling let down. “[S]till mad as hell that I kept watching the Grammys after Best New Artist,” Nadeska Alexis, the moderator of Complex’s \u003cem>Everyday Struggle\u003c/em> hip-hop commentary show, tweeted during her morning-after commute today, echoing the sentiments of most hip-hop fans. She was referring to the loss by R&B darling SZA in the Best New Artist category, despite the breakout success of her debut album \u003cem>Ctrl\u003c/em> in 2017. The loss by Kendrick Lamar’s Top Dawg Entertainment labelmate foreshadowed the rest of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This happened despite the Academy’s attempt to make up for its history of snubs where hip-hop, and black music in general, are concerned. The main event of November’s nominations was the record number of rap artists nominated outside the hip-hop categories. For those keeping score, it signaled that the Academy might finally be ready to acknowledge that the genre’s impact is much broader than the narrow confines to which it has historically been relegated. The recognition seemed to coincide with the rise of hip-hop/R&B — i.e. black music — as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085975/us-music-consumption-up-2017-rb-hip-hop-most-popular-genre\">most-consumed genre\u003c/a> in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two of 2017’s most resonant albums, Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em> and Jay-Z’s \u003cem>4:44\u003c/em>, competed against rapper Childish Gambino’s funk-inspired departure \u003cem>“Awaken, My Love!”\u003c/em> in a category rounded out by Lorde (\u003cem>Melodrama\u003c/em>) and ultimate upsetter Bruno Mars (\u003cem>24K Magic\u003c/em>), who also took home respective trophies for Song and Record of the Year (“That’s What I Like,” “24K Magic”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with the deck stacked in hip-hop’s favor, the genre came up short yet again in the coveted Album of the Year category. But the real loss is for the Recording Academy, which continues to prove how out of step it has become. If the story of 2017 is hip-hop’s takeover, the Grammys, by failing to reflect rap’s urgency, have settled deeper into an age-old narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly enough, Jay made a record as close to Grammy bait as any, a veteran performer releasing his most mature album to date, wrapped in a vulnerable narrative that features everything from him apologizing for celebrity infidelity to his mother’s personal coming out on record. And Lamar released a record deemed consensus album of the year, a critical and commercial success, by toeing the line between heady conceptual arc and rare pop triumph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snub makes it explicit that the Grammys is not here for hip-hop. And that’s no surprise. As is often the case, there are plenty of other problems we could discuss regarding Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. The lack of women nominees, in a year when the industry’s complicit silence around sexism speaks louder than the resulting #metoo movement, is a travesty. And there’s no excusing how the Spanish-language “Despacito,” which tied for longest-running \u003cem>Billboard \u003c/em>100 No. 1, failed to pick up a single award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the results of a flawed voting process that increasingly fails to reflect the will of the majority in pop or politics. The electorate, in this case, is an aging academy membership in dire need of hip replacement surgery. But there’s a bigger takeaway regarding the Academy’s record on hip-hop that’s easy to miss. Despite celebrated Album of the Year wins by Lauryn Hill (\u003cem>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill\u003c/em>, 1999) and OutKast (\u003cem>Speakerboxxx/The Love Below\u003c/em>, 2004), a pure rap album has never won the Grammy’s most esteemed category. Without the R&B-heavy stylings Lauryn offered on \u003cem>Miseducation\u003c/em> or Andre 3000’s pop-inflected melodies, a la “Hey Ya,” on \u003cem>The Love Below\u003c/em>, neither of those projects would’ve been primed for the award. Not even Eminem, the genre’s great white hope and one of the best emcees of all time, has won in the coveted AOY category; nominated for \u003cem>The Marshall Mathers LP\u003c/em> in 2001, he lost to Steely Dan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what does it mean? Are the Grammys woefully out of touch, or do these chronic missteps mirror a deeper reflection of America’s inbred racism?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, in no way, erases the impact of Bruno Mars’ album win. Being a man of color himself, he acknowledges R&B predecessors from Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to Teddy Riley among his greatest influences. But in 2018, he’s also a safe Grammy pick who echoes the sounds of the past with performances that recall an era of black music more palatable to the mainstream now that it’s two decades in the recycled past. His chops may be rooted within the realm of hip-hop, as \u003cem>The New York Times Magazine’s \u003c/em>Jody Rosen \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jodyrosen/status/958013399937495042\">argued today\u003c/a>, but it’s the fact that his music is also pop-friendly, drawing from many genres, that makes him easy for Grammy voters to embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, artists pushing the envelope in 2017 are forced to watch from the sidelines or fight like crabs over the rap categories. Hip-hop’s relationship with the award show began with a boycott back in 1989. Since then the debate has continued to rage on about whether such recognition matters. From frequent Grammy-winner Kanye West to the never-nominated Vince Staples, rap artists have pointed to the significance of rap being segregated from the general categories. While November’s list of nominees looked hopeful, it was only a reminder of the inherent bias that remains built into the system in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An artist would be stupid at this point to believe in change. Jay-Z reportedly declined the Academy’s invitation to perform last night. A performance on the Grammy stage works wonders for most young artists, but at this point in Jay-Z’s career he’d only be putting on a spectacle for ratings. The most successful rap artist in the history of the genre might not require our sympathies, but just imagine what it must be like for Jay-Z to walk away empty-handed in the general award categories, just as his wife Beyoncé did one year ago. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">Y\u003c/span>ou ever have a friend who you know, but don’t know their name — only their nickname? Like, you only know their initials? Or maybe you call them an adjective and a color, “Big Red” or something like that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t remember when I found out his real name. I don’t even remember where I first met him. But I can tell you this: probably the most underwhelming thing I ever learned was that Erk Tha Jerk’s real name is Kevin Allen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Erk tha Jerk, he saw the kind of success many hip-hop artists see: a hit song or two, national recognition, foreign cars, and headaches related to the ups and downs of the music industry over the course of 10 projects —\u003cbr>\nalbums, EPs and mixtapes. Most notably, he had a hit song, “Right Here,” which in 2009 spent three weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop 100 Billboard charts.\u003cbr>\nHe also produced the music for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRRnAhmB58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TURF FEINZ RIP RichD Dancing in the Rain Oakland Street\u003c/a>,” a YouTube video of three young men dancing in the rain-covered streets of East Oakland, paying tribute to the life of fallen friend; it’s been played over 7 million times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRRnAhmB58\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then the perfect storm rolled in and rained on his early success: a conflict of egos with a gatekeeper at the Bay Area’s biggest hip-hop radio station, a number of management mistakes, and a concealed weapon citation that he caught on the way to a meeting about a record deal in Los Angeles. Plus his name wasn’t being taken seriously. All of it combined made him consider giving up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then he hit the reset button. Late last year he dropped “The Kevin Allen Project,” and subsequently released a flyer with an image of him, grey hairs poking out his beard, and info for a show he was scheduled to headline in January of 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13819294\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-800x750.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Allen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-800x750.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-160x150.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-768x720.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-1020x956.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-960x900.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-240x225.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-375x351.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-520x487.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Allen. \u003ccite>(Janae Nikole)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he morning of the show, just hours prior to his debut under his real name, Kevin Allen’s tattooed hand held a grande caramel mocha as he sat in the Starbucks in Emeryville rehashing the story of his first tat. “I got it from some gang member in a backyard in Hayward,” he said with a laugh. “He tattooed me while I was standing up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s since gotten the tattoo covered, but at the time it was high on his bicep, and read “Kevin.” It was a gift from his mom — well, not a gift exactly, but something she allowed him to do on his 15th birthday. When he was a kid, Allen’s mom was the disciplinarian. His late father was the laid-back one. Naturally, he gravitated toward his father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a lot of ways, his story is the story of so many in the Bay Area: he was a part of a generation that emerged as hyphy music became popular, and now the process of maturation has taken hold. As a father of three and stepfather to one, and expecting another child in March, Kevin has learned to appreciate the balance that his parents brought to him. And he constantly seeks similar stability in all aspects of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘A successful name change is about the content and the intent behind it.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He’s currently a part-time high school educator, illustrator, photographer, DJ, chess player, and family man. That’s a lot of equilibrium to maintain. He’s from North Richmond, California, but has roots in Philadelphia. He has bad memories of traveling to Canada, where he was denied entry because of his criminal record. And has fond memories of attending a Mosque in the East African country of Djibouti with the late East Bay hip-hop artist The Jacka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recognizes how some of his lyrics can be perceived as misogynistic, and says he’s learning to be more compassionate for what women have gone through; all the while maintaining that he’s far from a “feminist.” He likes reading self-help books, but doesn’t like the term “self-help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the name change, he mentions Muhammad Ali and 2 Chainz as examples of triumphant title transformations. He says a successful name change is about “the content and the intent behind it.” There’s a long list of artists who’ve changed their names at some point in their careers. Both Biggie and Diddy made slight alterations; remixes, if you will. Tupac was once NY MC, and eventually grew to be Makaveli. Snoop went from Dogg to Lion and back again. Hell, OutKast’s name was once The Misfits, and Q-Tip was once MC Lovechild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13819364\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Allen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Allen. \u003ccite>(Artist Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here’s a belief that hip-hop is a young person’s sport. But there’s something defiantly unique about an artist who continues to develop, not just age. Who recognizes the power in their words, as well as their name. Who seeks balance, not just fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense if you look at Kevin’s tattoos. The one on the right side of his face reads “HD,” his father’s nickname. And the one on his calf is an image of Nino Brown, Wesley Snipes’ character in New Jack City. He has a tattoo of a Rolex on his right wrist, and on the clock it reads “late.” The tat on the top of his left hand is the image of a human heart; half shaded, half illuminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Equally balanced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then the perfect storm rolled in and rained on his early success: a conflict of egos with a gatekeeper at the Bay Area’s biggest hip-hop radio station, a number of management mistakes, and a concealed weapon citation that he caught on the way to a meeting about a record deal in Los Angeles. Plus his name wasn’t being taken seriously. All of it combined made him consider giving up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then he hit the reset button. Late last year he dropped “The Kevin Allen Project,” and subsequently released a flyer with an image of him, grey hairs poking out his beard, and info for a show he was scheduled to headline in January of 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13819294\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-800x750.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Allen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-800x750.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-160x150.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-768x720.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-1020x956.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-960x900.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-240x225.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-375x351.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_-520x487.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllen.SQ_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Allen. \u003ccite>(Janae Nikole)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he morning of the show, just hours prior to his debut under his real name, Kevin Allen’s tattooed hand held a grande caramel mocha as he sat in the Starbucks in Emeryville rehashing the story of his first tat. “I got it from some gang member in a backyard in Hayward,” he said with a laugh. “He tattooed me while I was standing up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s since gotten the tattoo covered, but at the time it was high on his bicep, and read “Kevin.” It was a gift from his mom — well, not a gift exactly, but something she allowed him to do on his 15th birthday. When he was a kid, Allen’s mom was the disciplinarian. His late father was the laid-back one. Naturally, he gravitated toward his father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a lot of ways, his story is the story of so many in the Bay Area: he was a part of a generation that emerged as hyphy music became popular, and now the process of maturation has taken hold. As a father of three and stepfather to one, and expecting another child in March, Kevin has learned to appreciate the balance that his parents brought to him. And he constantly seeks similar stability in all aspects of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘A successful name change is about the content and the intent behind it.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He’s currently a part-time high school educator, illustrator, photographer, DJ, chess player, and family man. That’s a lot of equilibrium to maintain. He’s from North Richmond, California, but has roots in Philadelphia. He has bad memories of traveling to Canada, where he was denied entry because of his criminal record. And has fond memories of attending a Mosque in the East African country of Djibouti with the late East Bay hip-hop artist The Jacka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recognizes how some of his lyrics can be perceived as misogynistic, and says he’s learning to be more compassionate for what women have gone through; all the while maintaining that he’s far from a “feminist.” He likes reading self-help books, but doesn’t like the term “self-help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the name change, he mentions Muhammad Ali and 2 Chainz as examples of triumphant title transformations. He says a successful name change is about “the content and the intent behind it.” There’s a long list of artists who’ve changed their names at some point in their careers. Both Biggie and Diddy made slight alterations; remixes, if you will. Tupac was once NY MC, and eventually grew to be Makaveli. Snoop went from Dogg to Lion and back again. Hell, OutKast’s name was once The Misfits, and Q-Tip was once MC Lovechild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13819364\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Allen.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/KevinAllenHeart.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Allen. \u003ccite>(Artist Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>here’s a belief that hip-hop is a young person’s sport. But there’s something defiantly unique about an artist who continues to develop, not just age. Who recognizes the power in their words, as well as their name. Who seeks balance, not just fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It makes sense if you look at Kevin’s tattoos. The one on the right side of his face reads “HD,” his father’s nickname. And the one on his calf is an image of Nino Brown, Wesley Snipes’ character in New Jack City. 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"content": "\u003cp>When an app asks you, “Is your portrait in a museum?” and you’re a person of color, it’s likely the answer is complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Arts and Culture\u003c/a> — Google Cultural Institute’s eager nod to art world institutions — released a wildly popular feature on their \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/DUuzxlMKCd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">app\u003c/a> this month that allows users to find their art doppelgänger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you snap a selfie on the app, your “faceprint” is charted through a series of measurements (the distance between your eyes, the width of your nose, and fullness of your lips). Your image then goes through a matching process with over \u003ca href=\"https://www.inverse.com/article/40177-google-arts-and-culture-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">70,000 works of art\u003c/a> in Google’s database. The artwork candidates hail from powerhouses like the Louvre, J. Paul Getty Museum and Rijksmuseum on down to a handful of smaller art foundations and contemporary galleries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a complete list of artwork titles and origins, you’re out of luck. Intentional or not, Google has remained somewhat tight-lipped about the artwork they’ve cataloged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, its source material is not exactly diverse. When I conducted a search of the 100 most recent posts tagged \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/googleartsandculture/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#googleartsandculture\u003c/a> on Instagram, I found that 91 percent of the artwork was created by male artists, and 63 percent was created by European and American artists before the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As NPR \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/15/578151195/google-app-goes-viral-making-an-art-out-of-matching-faces-to-paintings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notes\u003c/a>, the app is particularly problematic for people of color, as a good percentage of the artwork it draws from is both Western and depicting white subjects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nydiahartono/status/951558504573104128\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then again, the mainstream art world is no stranger to being called overwhelmingly \u003ca href=\"http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/840695/diversify-or-die-why-the-art-world-needs-to-keep-up-with-our\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rich\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-york-galleries-study-979049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">white\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/11/30/sf-gallery-tally-gender-parity-bay-area-art-galleries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">male\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ryankubo/status/953292632481918976\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/inuyashas_/status/952956037245612034\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what of the facial recognition software? Even if there’s nothing inherently biased in its faceprinting technology, the lack of representation in Google’s artwork database seems to either whitewash or lump one race into a loose set of facial characteristics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BeCk1llhddZ/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/liluzi_girth/status/951913732782854149\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the first time Google’s facial recognition software has failed people of color. In 2015, two Google Photos users discovered, to their horror, that their selfies were tagged in a new album titled ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/mzhang/2015/07/01/google-photos-tags-two-african-americans-as-gorillas-through-facial-recognition-software/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gorillas\u003c/a>.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jackyalcine/status/615329515909156865\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond faulty AI, the pool of art that’s available to Google has a lot to say about how it sees its users and which art it values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13819317\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-800x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-800x799.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-768x767.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-520x519.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Dorothy Berry / Facebook)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>“I get the same 5 images of black women that look nothing like me and it is definitely based on nose width.”\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13819316\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-800x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-800x790.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-160x158.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-768x758.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-240x237.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-375x370.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-520x514.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Dorothy Berry / Facebook)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>“I got this one when I was frustrated.” \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Many of the pieces that do depict people of color are filtered through both a European and male gaze. In the examples in the second row below, Alfred Jacob Miller’s 19th-century depictions of Native Americans existed to introduce the white art-consuming audience of the day to \u003ca href=\"http://www.alfredjacobmiller.com/explore/art-of-alfred-jacob-miller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westward expansion\u003c/a> and colonial exploits. In 2018, when so many contemporary artists work hard to correct such representations, what does it mean for people of color to be re-categorized through a colonial lens?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LinaBlanco/status/952381900508680192\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Google Arts and Culture truly wants to match its users with artwork, they should make a concerted effort to include collections with more diverse source material; portraiture and artwork that transcends race, gender and medium. (If Google merely wants to collect faces for its database, well, it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/01/16/google-app-that-matches-your-face-to-artwork-is-wildly-popular-its-also-raising-privacy-concerns/?utm_term=.9b3df887d46f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doing a great job\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/peterpcullen/status/952711641912799234\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/rewriting-art-history/435426/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art movements\u003c/a> are underway to radically uproot and shatter Eurocentric biases in art history. More and more, well-known \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/09/25/de-youngs-revelations-unveils-a-hidden-history-of-black-artistic-resistance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">institutions\u003c/a> recognize art made by and for people of color as more than token — or, god-forbid, “exotic” — collections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s hope Google can keep up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Have you used \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/camera/selfie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Art and Culture\u003c/a> app’s new selfie feature? We’d like to hear your thoughts. Share your selfie with us on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqed_arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQEDarts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kqedarts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When an app asks you, “Is your portrait in a museum?” and you’re a person of color, it’s likely the answer is complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Arts and Culture\u003c/a> — Google Cultural Institute’s eager nod to art world institutions — released a wildly popular feature on their \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/DUuzxlMKCd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">app\u003c/a> this month that allows users to find their art doppelgänger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you snap a selfie on the app, your “faceprint” is charted through a series of measurements (the distance between your eyes, the width of your nose, and fullness of your lips). Your image then goes through a matching process with over \u003ca href=\"https://www.inverse.com/article/40177-google-arts-and-culture-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">70,000 works of art\u003c/a> in Google’s database. The artwork candidates hail from powerhouses like the Louvre, J. Paul Getty Museum and Rijksmuseum on down to a handful of smaller art foundations and contemporary galleries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a complete list of artwork titles and origins, you’re out of luck. Intentional or not, Google has remained somewhat tight-lipped about the artwork they’ve cataloged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, its source material is not exactly diverse. When I conducted a search of the 100 most recent posts tagged \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/googleartsandculture/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#googleartsandculture\u003c/a> on Instagram, I found that 91 percent of the artwork was created by male artists, and 63 percent was created by European and American artists before the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the first time Google’s facial recognition software has failed people of color. In 2015, two Google Photos users discovered, to their horror, that their selfies were tagged in a new album titled ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/mzhang/2015/07/01/google-photos-tags-two-african-americans-as-gorillas-through-facial-recognition-software/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gorillas\u003c/a>.’\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Beyond faulty AI, the pool of art that’s available to Google has a lot to say about how it sees its users and which art it values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13819317\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-800x799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-800x799.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-768x767.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-520x519.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Dorothy Berry / Facebook)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>“I get the same 5 images of black women that look nothing like me and it is definitely based on nose width.”\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13819316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13819316\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-800x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-800x790.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-160x158.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-768x758.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-240x237.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-375x370.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-520x514.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/01/D_Berry_2-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Dorothy Berry / Facebook)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cb>“I got this one when I was frustrated.” \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Many of the pieces that do depict people of color are filtered through both a European and male gaze. In the examples in the second row below, Alfred Jacob Miller’s 19th-century depictions of Native Americans existed to introduce the white art-consuming audience of the day to \u003ca href=\"http://www.alfredjacobmiller.com/explore/art-of-alfred-jacob-miller/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westward expansion\u003c/a> and colonial exploits. In 2018, when so many contemporary artists work hard to correct such representations, what does it mean for people of color to be re-categorized through a colonial lens?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>If Google Arts and Culture truly wants to match its users with artwork, they should make a concerted effort to include collections with more diverse source material; portraiture and artwork that transcends race, gender and medium. (If Google merely wants to collect faces for its database, well, it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/01/16/google-app-that-matches-your-face-to-artwork-is-wildly-popular-its-also-raising-privacy-concerns/?utm_term=.9b3df887d46f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doing a great job\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/rewriting-art-history/435426/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art movements\u003c/a> are underway to radically uproot and shatter Eurocentric biases in art history. More and more, well-known \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/09/25/de-youngs-revelations-unveils-a-hidden-history-of-black-artistic-resistance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">institutions\u003c/a> recognize art made by and for people of color as more than token — or, god-forbid, “exotic” — collections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s hope Google can keep up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Have you used \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/camera/selfie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Art and Culture\u003c/a> app’s new selfie feature? We’d like to hear your thoughts. Share your selfie with us on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqed_arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQEDarts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/kqedarts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>I’ve been arguing with myself for the better half of the past two weeks, trying to figure out who actually won 2017. It’s not a matter of who made the most money, or who was the most popular. It’s not even a question of — as the kids say — who was living their best life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No, I want to know who had the greatest impact on public discourse this year. When we look back, five or ten years from now, what will we say 2017 was the year of?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to get the bottom of this question, I chose to use the good ol’ American method of comparative competition. I laid out all of the names (not just people, but places and things as well), and pit them against one and other in an NCAA March Madness-style bracket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before we get to the bracket, it’s important to note that not every “winner” of 2017 could fit — I only had 64 slots. So, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/frederick-douglass-trump/515292/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederick Douglass had a much better year\u003c/a> than some of us who are actually living, his name isn’t on the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, here’s the bracket:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818276\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-800x1339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-160x268.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-768x1285.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-240x402.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-375x628.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-520x870.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16th seed in every division is someone who slid in: the underdog, the person/place/thing that finessed their way to victory this year. Whether it be through media antics or unhealthy relationships, the 16th seeds brought home a W. And if you ask me, a win is a win — even if they played dirty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration is included as a concept that impacted the news, not just in the United States but abroad. In terms of the States, this is about DACA, ICE and travel bans. Immigration as a concept won a lot of public discourse this year, for better and for worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round One\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818281\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural disasters over Bhad Bhabie (the “Cash Me Outside” girl):\u003c/strong> While 14-year-old Bhad Bhabie \u003ca href=\"https://www.maxim.com/news/danielle-bregoli-pays-moms-mortgage-2017-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had a ball on social media\u003c/a> this year, even landing a multi-million dollar deal with Atlantic Records, she doesn’t hold a candle to the centripetal force that overtook the Atlantic Ocean this year — let alone the California wildfires and the earthquakes that hit our neighbor to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tiffany Haddish over Lin-Manuel Miranda:\u003c/strong> Lin-Manuel Miranda has been on a roll since the success of \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em> last year. I’ve seen him on everything from \u003cem>Sesame Street\u003c/em> to \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>. But the underdog, Tiffany Haddish, hit the silver screen and made a splash in \u003cem>Girls Trip\u003c/em>; she killed interviews on late-night TV and early-morning radio, and she was also on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> — making history as the first African American female comedian to ever host the show. She won!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maxine Waters over Marshawn Lynch:\u003c/strong> Despite the Raiders’ mediocre season, the Oakland African king known as “Beastmode” has had an incredible year. Besides playing for his hometown team, his clothing line is thriving and he has a reality show on Facebook video — and it’s actually entertaining. But his year doesn’t compare to Maxine Waters’. She won 2017 with three simple words that carried more weight than even Marshawn’s most profoundly brief speeches: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EvuBakBj3I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reclaiming my time\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818301\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_.jpg\" alt=\"Jay-Z speaks onstage during Time and Punishment: A Town Hall Discussion with Jay-Z and Harvey Weinstein on Spike TV at MTV Studios on March 8, 2017 in New York City. \" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-375x562.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay-Z speaks onstage during Time and Punishment: A Town Hall Discussion with Jay-Z and Harvey Weinstein on Spike TV at MTV Studios on March 8, 2017 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Spike)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jay-Z over Aziz Ansari:\u003c/strong> Aziz had a great year with the successful second season of his show \u003cem>Master of None\u003c/em>. But Hov is second to none when it comes to the art of rap. Although Jay took some Ls on social media, overall he had an amazing year, welcoming his newborn twins and enjoying the success of his latest album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Cast of \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em> over Remy Ma:\u003c/strong> I’m all for formerly incarcerated people getting out and getting to work, and Remy did just that: She put in work. That “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1MsZWVg7nY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShEther\u003c/a>” track, a Nicki Minaj diss, turned heads. But the cast of the movie \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em> unintentionally dropped a diss track when they accepted the Oscar for Best Picture over \u003cem>La La Land\u003c/em>, and it was much more memorable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim Jong-un over Tyler The Creator:\u003c/strong> I really just want to see these two guys compete — like, in real life. I don’t care if it’s a Hacky race, arm wrestling match or a game of NBA Jam on Sega. It’d just be entertaining. But for the sake of this bracket, Kim wins over Tyler off the strength of beefing with 45 and launching multiple missiles as a “test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chance The Rapper over Kamala Harris:\u003c/strong> This is a tough one. Kamala is a force to be reckoned with, undoubtedly. Even though this is her first go-round as senator, she’s spearheaded some great work, from demanding that Al Franken step down to championing bail reform. But Chance the Rapper is a rapper, and he’s fighting a very similar legislative fight. Mr. Rapper pushed for education reform in his native Chicago, won three Grammys this year, recently tried on the role of a weatherman \u003cem>and\u003c/em> dropped a Christmas album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>45 over Chadwick Boseman:\u003c/strong> Actor Chadwick Boseman (a.k.a. Thurgood Marshall, a.k.a. Jackie Robinson, a.k.a. the Black Panther) has had a great year. But unfortunately, Mr. 45 was inaugurated as the President of the United States in January, and, somehow, he remains. He stirred the pot more times than Boseman this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818282\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Domestic Terrorism over Joe Budden:\u003c/strong> Joe made his way back into the limelight via Complex’s \u003cem>Everyday Struggle\u003c/em> series, and his ongoing beef with Lil Yachty and Migos put him squarely in the middle of the old- vs. new-school hip-hop debate. But domestic terrorism, in the form of mass shootings, has claimed more lives than we can accept as a nation. Headline after headline, seemingly every week, there was another shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Caesar over Kate McKinnon:\u003c/strong> While Kate brought light and laughter into our lives on many nights of wondering what the hell the people in Washington are doing, it was Daniel Caesar who provided the soundtrack to marriage proposals, weddings and young love. His words, while not nearly as funny as Kate’s, made us tear up all the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818299\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818299\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Bregman #2 and Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in game seven to win the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Bregman #2 and Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in game seven to win the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Harry How/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Houston Astros over Tracee Ellis Ross:\u003c/strong> Okay, Tracee is the bomb. Like, old-school, ’90s-slang the bomb. She’s a great media personality, an extremely accomplished actress and she’s freaking beautiful! Her accomplishments with \u003cem>Black-ish\u003c/em> should be acknowledged. But, I think even she’d agree how incredible it was that the Houston Astros brought the MLB World Series trophy to H-Town for the first time, especially after that massive hurricane. It was the work of heroes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Colin Kaepernick over Dave Chappelle:\u003c/strong> Dave came out of retirement, dropped two stand-up specials on Netflix with more to come, made an appearance on Def Comedy Jam and rocked some local Bay Area shows. Meanwhile, Colin hasn’t played a single snap in the 2017-2018 NFL season, but he’s had the most influence on football at large and America’s ongoing conversation about civil rights. Hence, the \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> Citizen of the Year nod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kevin Durant over Daveed Diggs:\u003c/strong> Daveed has been on a roll since the stage play \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em>. I’ve spotted him in TV shows and sitting courtside in Los Angeles. But Kevin Durant won his first NBA championship. And as a Bay Area native and Warriors fan, I know Daveed appreciates that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cardi B over Asahd Khaled:\u003c/strong> Look man, I don’t think there’s a kid who’s had a better first year of living. Asahd can brag for the rest of his life that his baby photo, an image of him draped in gold chains, is on the cover of a top-selling album. DJ Khaled and Nicole Tuck, you’re doing just fine. But Cardi B kicked in the door of the pop culture world, and we saw nothing but the red bottoms of her bloody shoes. She dropped a summer anthem and hasn’t turned back since. This was her year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Issa Rae over SZA:\u003c/strong> In another close matchup, these two both put it down for the culture. SZA had an amazing run: She dropped a great album while being one of the flyest human beings on the internet. But Issa Rae’s success with the second season of her show, \u003cem>Insecure\u003c/em>, deserves praise. Plus, Issa’s comment about how she’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafoKj6MzcU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rooting for everybody black\u003c/a>” on the Emmys red carpet stole the show. She wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Miss Texas, Margana Wood:\u003c/strong> Margana’s comment about 45 and white supremacy were amazing usage of her platform, but nothing compares to the people power exhibited in the form of protests this year. From protests at the San Francisco Airport challenging Trump’s travel ban to protests in Virginia against white supremacy, this year has seen an amazing amount of people coming together to demonstrate their beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818283\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3.jpg 595w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Healthcare over Chris Brown:\u003c/strong> While Mr. Brown won back some fans by releasing a documentary and 40-track album, his art paled in comparison to the healthcare debate, a tug-of-war between legislators that will have lasting impact for generations. When we look back at 2017, we’ll have no choice but to acknowledge it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> over Ed Sheeran:\u003c/strong> Sorry Ed, you had a hit song, great album and a good run. But this is \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> we’re talking about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jordan Peele over Logic:\u003c/strong> Logic dropped a much-needed track about suicide awareness, but \u003cem>Get Out\u003c/em> brought a clever, necessary take on racial issues that have been plaguing America from the start. On top of that, Jordan took a step outside of his normal comedy writing and created a thriller. It’s not a comedy, no matter what the people who give awards say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818304\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818304\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_.jpg\" alt=\"Rappers Quavo, Takeoff and Offset of Migos attend the BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on October 6, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rappers Quavo, Takeoff and Offset of Migos attend the BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on October 6, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. \u003ccite>(Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Migos over Doug Jones:\u003c/strong> While Doug Jones’ December win in the Alabama Senate race made headlines, the rap group Migos had pop culture in a headlock. Hit songs, appearances at award shows and countless memes — the W goes to the trio from Atlanta, not the politician from Alabama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bitcoin over Kofi Siriboe:\u003c/strong> Kofi, a handsome gentleman who stole the attention of my girlfriend and my momma, had a great year. His appearances in \u003cem>Queen Sugar\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Girls Trip\u003c/em> thrust him into the spotlight. But know what looks better than Kofi? A Bitcoin. The crypto-currency made headlines in the past couple months as its value rose astronomically, then crashed again. Winner goes to the intangible coins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beyoncé over LecRae:\u003c/strong> Uh… They’re both from Houston. And, um… they both make music. But the comparisons stop there. Queen B by a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> over the cast from \u003cem>Stranger Things\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> While 11 and her cast of lovable dweebs stole our hearts and pushed our imaginations to the limit, the staff at the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> brought reality to our doorsteps. I’m a fan of a good science fiction series, especially one that takes you to another dimension, but “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is an undeniably cold tagline. And true to form, \u003cem>WaPo’s\u003c/em> coverage of domestic politics, international war and much more kept me informed in the dark days of 2017. It’s like they’ve kept a finger on the pulse of “the upside down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over Rapsody:\u003c/strong> Rapsody dropped a top-tier rap album this year, but the issue of immigration is bigger than hip-hop. Sorry Rapsody — immigration wins this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818284\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4.jpg 602w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Blac Chyna:\u003c/strong> In short, Blac Chyna got over on her former romantic partner and secured the bag. Congrats. But the #MeToo movement was the biggest clap-back to all the men in positions of power who’ve been getting over on women for years. The #MeToo movement by a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solange over Gucci Mane:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. It might even go into overtime. Solange slayed 2017. Her 2016 album \u003cem>A Seat At the Table\u003c/em> carried right over into a successful 2017 tour, TV appearances and magazine covers. Plus her hair is amazing — and no, you can’t touch it. But Gucci also built on the momentum of an amazing 2016, by getting married and dropping a book. Big life goals accomplished this year for Mr. Mane, a formerly incarcerated man. In the end, though, it’s Solange at the buzzer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818306\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams of the US celebrates with the championship trophy during the awards ceremony after her victory against Venus Williams of the US in the women's singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017. \" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-375x562.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serena Williams of the US celebrates with the championship trophy during the awards ceremony after her victory against Venus Williams of the US in the women’s singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017. \u003ccite>(WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Serena Williams over Blake Shelton:\u003c/strong> Okay, Blake was awarded Sexiest Man Alive by \u003cem>People Magazine\u003c/em>, and we’re still wondering if every other man on the planet is dead. Serena won 2017. The Australian Open, a building named after her at Nike’s HQ, \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a newborn child? Winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taylor Swift over Tom Brady:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. You’ve got to give it to Tom — what he did in the Super Bowl was amazing. And then he came back to the 2017-2018 NFL season at age 40 and played better than almost every other quarterback. But I’m tired of Tom winning. So Taylor, with her No. 1 album, \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> appearance and new beau, gets the W.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LeBron over Miguel:\u003c/strong> This is another close one. Miguel dropped \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_%26_Leisure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the best R&B albums of the year\u003c/a>. And LeBron did actually \u003cem>lose\u003c/em> the NBA finals in June. But \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kingjames/status/911610455877021697?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling Trump a bum\u003c/a> on Twitter was pretty memorable. LeBron wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rihanna over LaVar Ball:\u003c/strong> LaVar talks a lot. He’s gotten some play because of it, from ESPN mentions to a 45 Twitter diss. He’s had a great year. But come on, we’re talking about Rihanna, who took over the fashion and makeup worlds with Fenty this year. Case closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kendrick Lamar over The Rock:\u003c/strong> I’m still not sure about this one. The Rock had a great year: movies, magazines and the news that he and his partner are expecting a second child. But the Good Kid from M.A.A.D. City, a.k.a. King Kunta, a.k.a. K.Dot dropped an album and all the other rappers took notes. And then he reversed the track listing and dropped the same album again later in the year, and now \u003cem>that’s\u003c/em> selling. Winner: Kung Fu Kenny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax Reform over Michael Che:\u003c/strong> Michael got a Netflix special — plus he’s had a memorable run on \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>, so much so that he was promoted to co-head writer. But the authors of the 2017 tax reform bill stole the show — along with a lot of other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Two\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818285\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1.jpg 432w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1-240x329.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1-375x515.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over Tiffany Haddish:\u003c/strong> Tiffany’s natural gift for comedic storytelling is no match for Mother Nature’s anger at the man-made issue of global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818303\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818303\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine.jpg\" alt=\"House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) moderates a panel discussion about the Trump Administration's proposed cuts to the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships programs at the U.S. Capitol May 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. \" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-375x562.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) moderates a panel discussion about the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts to the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships programs at the U.S. Capitol May 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. \u003ccite>(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maxine Waters over Jay-Z:\u003c/strong> Look, Jay-Z cheated on Beyoncé, put together some clever words over dope beats and dropped an album about it. He made a lot of money, too. Big whoop. Maxine Waters has put in work! She’s served in Congress since 1991, and this year she might’ve reached her pop culture apex. Beyond the work that she does for African Americans, women and the LGBTQ community, she dropped three words that were hotter than Hov’s whole album. “Reclaiming my time” is such a profound sentiment. \u003cem>That’s\u003c/em> how you speak truth to power. It’s perfect for the short attention span of the internet age. I even briefly considered getting it tattooed. No Jay-Z lyrics from \u003cem>4:44\u003c/em> spoke to me in the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim Jong-un over the cast of \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> Sorry Hollywood, drama about the guy over in North Korea with his finger on nuclear arms garnered more attention this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>45 over Chance the Rapper:\u003c/strong> Sorry Chance, all of your efforts are respectable and you’re doing your part. But 45 has a lock on this one. Maybe one day we’ll have Mr. Rapper run for president, but until then, the current person in the oval office wins this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818286\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2-160x224.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2-240x337.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2-375x526.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Domestic Terrorism over Daniel Caesar:\u003c/strong> Sorry Daniel, unfortunately love doesn’t win this battle. Domestic Terrorism is too widespread, allowing fear to flourish in the hearts of many, and causing a love exodus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818302\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Kaepernick receives the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during Sports Illustrated's 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show on December 5, 2017 at Barclays Center in New York City.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_-375x564.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Kaepernick receives the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during Sports Illustrated’s 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show on December 5, 2017 at Barclays Center in New York City. \u003ccite>(Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Colin over the Houston Astros:\u003c/strong> While the accomplishments of the Astros on the baseball field were amazing, Colin won football without even putting on a jersey — evidence that this isn’t just a game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cardi B over Kevin Durant:\u003c/strong> Kevin dropped the ball with his \u003ca href=\"http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2733874-everything-you-need-to-know-about-kevin-durants-twitter-fail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media flub\u003c/a> over the summer while Cardi B broke chart records and flourished online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Issa Rae:\u003c/strong> Issa held it down for the culture, but the mass amounts of protests were evidence that there’s a mass culture of people coming together to hold down their beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818287\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3-160x226.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3-240x338.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3-375x529.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Healthcare over \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> Because healthcare is real and impacts us all, and I’ve never seen \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> before. Like, not a single movie. But I went to the doctor last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Migos over Jordan Peele:\u003c/strong> This one is debatable. Both have done it for the culture. But man, Migos have been \u003cem>everywhere\u003c/em>! I give it to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818300\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 617px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818300\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce.jpg\" alt=\"Beyoncé's photo announcing her pregnancy with twins became the most-liked Instagram photo of all time.\" width=\"617\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce.jpg 617w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-160x182.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-240x272.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-375x425.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-520x590.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beyoncé’s photo announcing her pregnancy with twins became the most-liked Instagram photo of all time. \u003ccite>(@beyonce/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beyoncé over Bitcoin:\u003c/strong> Bitcoin has grown since it came into existence in 2009, and this year it blew the ceiling off the financial world. But Beyoncé has been glowing since birth, and this year, she used her music to do philanthropy work, graced the cover of numerous magazines and gave birth to twins. Her husband and little sister both had great years, but Beyoncé is the highest paid woman in music. If she allowed her face to be on a form of currency, Bitcoin would be gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> As much as I appreciate a quality publication, the issue of immigration in American predates and might outlast this periodical. And this year in particular, the issue of immigration was one of the things that kept the newspaper going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4.jpg 423w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4-160x230.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4-240x344.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4-375x538.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Solange:\u003c/strong> Witnessing how her music empowers women, I don’t think Solange would disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Serena Williams over Taylor Swift:\u003c/strong> Taylor had a good year, no lie. Record sales, awards and even reports of a new love. And the whole “\u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/12/name-a-badder-bitch-than-taylor-swift-memes-take-twitter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift\u003c/a>” thing brought about a wealth of lessons about powerful women in society, so I guess we should thank her. But let’s be real, Serena won the Australian open in January and set the record for most Grand Slams, she was on the cover of \u003cem>Sports Illustrated’s\u003c/em> swimsuit edition, and Nike recently named a building after her. Oh, and she gave birth to her first child. Serena is a *queen* badder than Taylor Swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818305\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Rihanna attends the 'Fenty Beauty' photocall at Callao cinema on September 23, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. \" width=\"600\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-160x181.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-240x271.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-375x423.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-520x587.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Rihanna attends the ‘Fenty Beauty’ photocall at Callao cinema on September 23, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. \u003ccite>(Eduardo Parra/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rihanna over LeBron:\u003c/strong> Look man, LeBron won at birth. I know he grew up in a rough childhood and worked hard to get where he is, but the man was blessed with physical attributes that make mere mortals look weak in comparison. This year, he also lost the NBA championship to Kevin Durant & Co. Meanwhile, Rihanna, who sat courtside for a few of those NBA Finals games, put her stamp on this year, from fashion to music. Her beauty line Fenty was all over social media as fans flocked to support her latest venture. She became outspoken on political issues, using social media to voice her opinions. And, as if that weren’t enough, Bad Girl Riri got a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BXgaVpsDzfL/?hl=en&taken-by=badgalriri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noticeably healthier physique\u003c/a> this past year, setting Instagram aflame with conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax Reform over Kendrick Lamar:\u003c/strong> Sorry Kendrick, your music is good and all, but this Tax Reform bill was pretty big news.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Three\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818289\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1.jpg 554w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-160x169.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-240x254.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-375x397.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-520x550.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over Maxine Waters:\u003c/strong> Maxine had a good run, and will continue to do incredible work. But natural disasters won this in a blowout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>45 over Kim Jong-un:\u003c/strong> First off, \u003cem>I really don’t want to see this battle actually happen\u003c/em>. And I’m not trying to fuel the flames by suggesting that 45 had a better year than Kim Jong-un, but without the 45th President of the United States of America saying Kim Jong-un’s name (or other things that he’s called him), I don’t know how much limelight the President of North Korea would’ve received. Even if you don’t like 45, you have to acknowledge that he accomplished one thing this year: He didn’t get fired. Not yet! So, kudos to him for that. Now, let’s hope these two can move toward a resolution and keep us from total global thermonuclear destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2.jpg 559w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-160x171.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-240x257.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-375x402.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-520x557.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Domestic Terrorism over Colin Kaepernick:\u003c/strong> Colin can work with youth, make social media comments and kneel all he wants, but people are still dying by way of random mass shootings — and I think Colin would agree. He’d even have a rational point if he were to lump police shootings into the definition of domestic terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Cardi B:\u003c/strong> Sorry Cardi, pop culture and fashion are cool, but there’s nothing like seeing democracy at work. I’m a fan of seeing people come together for parties, but an even bigger fan for people coming together to rally for a collective cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB.jpg\" alt=\"Cardi B performs at E11EVEN on November 22, 2017 in Miami, Florida. \" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-768x537.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-375x262.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-520x363.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardi B performs at E11EVEN on November 22, 2017 in Miami, Florida. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for E11EVEN)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3.jpg 555w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-160x170.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-240x255.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-375x398.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-520x552.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Healthcare over Migos:\u003c/strong> Migos, it was fun while it lasted, but the healthcare debate is real. Sorry guys — you lose this one by a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over Beyoncé:\u003c/strong> Believe it or not, there \u003cem>is\u003c/em> something more important than Beyoncé. Immigration isn’t just an American issue, it’s a global issue. And while Beyoncé’s music is known around the world, the issue of immigration was front and center all over the world this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818292\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4.jpg 546w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-160x173.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-240x259.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-375x405.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-520x562.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Serena:\u003c/strong> Serena had a great year, but as an accomplished athlete who doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as her male counterparts, I’m sure she would agree that the #MeToo movement’s progress this year is extremely important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax Reform over Rihanna:\u003c/strong> Sorry Bad Gal, I love all that you’ve got going on, but this tax reform bill is one for the ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Four\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818294\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-800x1051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1051\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-160x210.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-768x1009.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-240x315.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-375x493.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-520x683.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over 45:\u003c/strong> The lights are still off in Puerto Rico. 45 is a loser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Domestic Terrorism:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. It’s my hope that people will look back at this year and say “wow” at both things, but they’ll note that the protests had a larger impact than mass shootings — hopefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark.jpg\" alt=\"Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park neighborhood October 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park neighborhood October 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. \u003ccite>(ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over Healthcare:\u003c/strong> In an upset, the underdog becomes the winner.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n#MeToo over Tax Reform:\u003c/strong> While the tax reform bill impacts a large amount of people, the #MeToo movement brought about more headlines unique to this year. What’s really new about corrupt politicians pushing policies to pad their pockets?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Five\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818295\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div.jpg 626w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-160x250.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-240x376.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-375x587.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-520x814.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over Public Protests:\u003c/strong> Humans can organize all they want, but mother nature wins every time. Especially this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana.jpg\" alt=\"US actress Rose McGowan and Founder of #MeToo Campaign Tarana Burke, embrace on stage at the Women's March / Women's Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on October 27, 2017. \" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-520x340.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US actress Rose McGowan and Founder of #MeToo Campaign Tarana Burke, embrace on stage at the Women’s March / Women’s Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on October 27, 2017. \u003ccite>(RENA LAVERTY/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Immigration:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. But I believe the community of undocumented blue-collar workers would concur that something needs to be done about toxic masculinity, unwanted sexual advances and rape. #MeToo wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>And the Winner Is…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-800x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-768x623.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-240x195.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-375x304.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-520x422.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a close one, natural disasters win over the #MeToo movement. It’s close because both issues are very similar: they’re both \u003cem>man\u003c/em>-made, they stem from issues that were ignored for years, they both became truly evident this year, and neither are going away anytime soon. But the thing that makes 2017 the year of natural disasters and not the year of the #MeToo campaign is the fact that this year was a terrifying anomaly for climate, crops, and calamities — and though the chatter about sexual harassment and assault was a little louder this year, the risks of it for women in and out of the workplace didn’t change… they’ve always been there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818311\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818311\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey.jpg\" alt=\"A man returns from the grocery store through high water along a street in Orange as Texas slowly moves toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 6, 2017 in Orange, Texas. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Harvey-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man returns from the grocery store through high water along a street in Orange as Texas slowly moves toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 6, 2017 in Orange, Texas. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So five or ten years from now, we’ll look back at this year and say that Daniel Caesar made a soundtrack for love. Beyoncé and Serena brought life into the world. Maxine Waters and Chance the Rapper both fought for righteousness in politics. LaVar Ball, Cardi B and Ed Sheeran all made their mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But natural disasters won by a longshot — and, unfortunately, will probably continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I’ve been arguing with myself for the better half of the past two weeks, trying to figure out who actually won 2017. It’s not a matter of who made the most money, or who was the most popular. It’s not even a question of — as the kids say — who was living their best life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No, I want to know who had the greatest impact on public discourse this year. When we look back, five or ten years from now, what will we say 2017 was the year of?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to get the bottom of this question, I chose to use the good ol’ American method of comparative competition. I laid out all of the names (not just people, but places and things as well), and pit them against one and other in an NCAA March Madness-style bracket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before we get to the bracket, it’s important to note that not every “winner” of 2017 could fit — I only had 64 slots. So, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/frederick-douglass-trump/515292/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frederick Douglass had a much better year\u003c/a> than some of us who are actually living, his name isn’t on the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, here’s the bracket:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818276\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-800x1339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-160x268.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-768x1285.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-240x402.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-375x628.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketWeb1-520x870.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16th seed in every division is someone who slid in: the underdog, the person/place/thing that finessed their way to victory this year. Whether it be through media antics or unhealthy relationships, the 16th seeds brought home a W. And if you ask me, a win is a win — even if they played dirty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration is included as a concept that impacted the news, not just in the United States but abroad. In terms of the States, this is about DACA, ICE and travel bans. Immigration as a concept won a lot of public discourse this year, for better and for worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round One\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818281\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural disasters over Bhad Bhabie (the “Cash Me Outside” girl):\u003c/strong> While 14-year-old Bhad Bhabie \u003ca href=\"https://www.maxim.com/news/danielle-bregoli-pays-moms-mortgage-2017-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had a ball on social media\u003c/a> this year, even landing a multi-million dollar deal with Atlantic Records, she doesn’t hold a candle to the centripetal force that overtook the Atlantic Ocean this year — let alone the California wildfires and the earthquakes that hit our neighbor to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tiffany Haddish over Lin-Manuel Miranda:\u003c/strong> Lin-Manuel Miranda has been on a roll since the success of \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em> last year. I’ve seen him on everything from \u003cem>Sesame Street\u003c/em> to \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>. But the underdog, Tiffany Haddish, hit the silver screen and made a splash in \u003cem>Girls Trip\u003c/em>; she killed interviews on late-night TV and early-morning radio, and she was also on \u003cem>SNL\u003c/em> — making history as the first African American female comedian to ever host the show. She won!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maxine Waters over Marshawn Lynch:\u003c/strong> Despite the Raiders’ mediocre season, the Oakland African king known as “Beastmode” has had an incredible year. Besides playing for his hometown team, his clothing line is thriving and he has a reality show on Facebook video — and it’s actually entertaining. But his year doesn’t compare to Maxine Waters’. She won 2017 with three simple words that carried more weight than even Marshawn’s most profoundly brief speeches: “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EvuBakBj3I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reclaiming my time\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818301\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_.jpg\" alt=\"Jay-Z speaks onstage during Time and Punishment: A Town Hall Discussion with Jay-Z and Harvey Weinstein on Spike TV at MTV Studios on March 8, 2017 in New York City. \" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-375x562.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Jayz_-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay-Z speaks onstage during Time and Punishment: A Town Hall Discussion with Jay-Z and Harvey Weinstein on Spike TV at MTV Studios on March 8, 2017 in New York City. \u003ccite>(Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Spike)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jay-Z over Aziz Ansari:\u003c/strong> Aziz had a great year with the successful second season of his show \u003cem>Master of None\u003c/em>. But Hov is second to none when it comes to the art of rap. Although Jay took some Ls on social media, overall he had an amazing year, welcoming his newborn twins and enjoying the success of his latest album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Cast of \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em> over Remy Ma:\u003c/strong> I’m all for formerly incarcerated people getting out and getting to work, and Remy did just that: She put in work. That “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1MsZWVg7nY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShEther\u003c/a>” track, a Nicki Minaj diss, turned heads. But the cast of the movie \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em> unintentionally dropped a diss track when they accepted the Oscar for Best Picture over \u003cem>La La Land\u003c/em>, and it was much more memorable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim Jong-un over Tyler The Creator:\u003c/strong> I really just want to see these two guys compete — like, in real life. I don’t care if it’s a Hacky race, arm wrestling match or a game of NBA Jam on Sega. It’d just be entertaining. But for the sake of this bracket, Kim wins over Tyler off the strength of beefing with 45 and launching multiple missiles as a “test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chance The Rapper over Kamala Harris:\u003c/strong> This is a tough one. Kamala is a force to be reckoned with, undoubtedly. Even though this is her first go-round as senator, she’s spearheaded some great work, from demanding that Al Franken step down to championing bail reform. But Chance the Rapper is a rapper, and he’s fighting a very similar legislative fight. Mr. Rapper pushed for education reform in his native Chicago, won three Grammys this year, recently tried on the role of a weatherman \u003cem>and\u003c/em> dropped a Christmas album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>45 over Chadwick Boseman:\u003c/strong> Actor Chadwick Boseman (a.k.a. Thurgood Marshall, a.k.a. Jackie Robinson, a.k.a. the Black Panther) has had a great year. But unfortunately, Mr. 45 was inaugurated as the President of the United States in January, and, somehow, he remains. He stirred the pot more times than Boseman this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818282\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Domestic Terrorism over Joe Budden:\u003c/strong> Joe made his way back into the limelight via Complex’s \u003cem>Everyday Struggle\u003c/em> series, and his ongoing beef with Lil Yachty and Migos put him squarely in the middle of the old- vs. new-school hip-hop debate. But domestic terrorism, in the form of mass shootings, has claimed more lives than we can accept as a nation. Headline after headline, seemingly every week, there was another shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Caesar over Kate McKinnon:\u003c/strong> While Kate brought light and laughter into our lives on many nights of wondering what the hell the people in Washington are doing, it was Daniel Caesar who provided the soundtrack to marriage proposals, weddings and young love. His words, while not nearly as funny as Kate’s, made us tear up all the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818299\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818299\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Bregman #2 and Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in game seven to win the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Astros-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Bregman #2 and Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in game seven to win the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. \u003ccite>(Harry How/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Houston Astros over Tracee Ellis Ross:\u003c/strong> Okay, Tracee is the bomb. Like, old-school, ’90s-slang the bomb. She’s a great media personality, an extremely accomplished actress and she’s freaking beautiful! Her accomplishments with \u003cem>Black-ish\u003c/em> should be acknowledged. But, I think even she’d agree how incredible it was that the Houston Astros brought the MLB World Series trophy to H-Town for the first time, especially after that massive hurricane. It was the work of heroes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Colin Kaepernick over Dave Chappelle:\u003c/strong> Dave came out of retirement, dropped two stand-up specials on Netflix with more to come, made an appearance on Def Comedy Jam and rocked some local Bay Area shows. Meanwhile, Colin hasn’t played a single snap in the 2017-2018 NFL season, but he’s had the most influence on football at large and America’s ongoing conversation about civil rights. Hence, the \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> Citizen of the Year nod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kevin Durant over Daveed Diggs:\u003c/strong> Daveed has been on a roll since the stage play \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em>. I’ve spotted him in TV shows and sitting courtside in Los Angeles. But Kevin Durant won his first NBA championship. And as a Bay Area native and Warriors fan, I know Daveed appreciates that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cardi B over Asahd Khaled:\u003c/strong> Look man, I don’t think there’s a kid who’s had a better first year of living. Asahd can brag for the rest of his life that his baby photo, an image of him draped in gold chains, is on the cover of a top-selling album. DJ Khaled and Nicole Tuck, you’re doing just fine. But Cardi B kicked in the door of the pop culture world, and we saw nothing but the red bottoms of her bloody shoes. She dropped a summer anthem and hasn’t turned back since. This was her year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Issa Rae over SZA:\u003c/strong> In another close matchup, these two both put it down for the culture. SZA had an amazing run: She dropped a great album while being one of the flyest human beings on the internet. But Issa Rae’s success with the second season of her show, \u003cem>Insecure\u003c/em>, deserves praise. Plus, Issa’s comment about how she’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafoKj6MzcU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rooting for everybody black\u003c/a>” on the Emmys red carpet stole the show. She wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Miss Texas, Margana Wood:\u003c/strong> Margana’s comment about 45 and white supremacy were amazing usage of her platform, but nothing compares to the people power exhibited in the form of protests this year. From protests at the San Francisco Airport challenging Trump’s travel ban to protests in Virginia against white supremacy, this year has seen an amazing amount of people coming together to demonstrate their beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818283\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3.jpg 595w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Healthcare over Chris Brown:\u003c/strong> While Mr. Brown won back some fans by releasing a documentary and 40-track album, his art paled in comparison to the healthcare debate, a tug-of-war between legislators that will have lasting impact for generations. When we look back at 2017, we’ll have no choice but to acknowledge it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> over Ed Sheeran:\u003c/strong> Sorry Ed, you had a hit song, great album and a good run. But this is \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> we’re talking about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jordan Peele over Logic:\u003c/strong> Logic dropped a much-needed track about suicide awareness, but \u003cem>Get Out\u003c/em> brought a clever, necessary take on racial issues that have been plaguing America from the start. On top of that, Jordan took a step outside of his normal comedy writing and created a thriller. It’s not a comedy, no matter what the people who give awards say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818304\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818304\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_.jpg\" alt=\"Rappers Quavo, Takeoff and Offset of Migos attend the BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on October 6, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Migos_-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rappers Quavo, Takeoff and Offset of Migos attend the BET Hip Hop Awards 2017 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater on October 6, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. \u003ccite>(Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Migos over Doug Jones:\u003c/strong> While Doug Jones’ December win in the Alabama Senate race made headlines, the rap group Migos had pop culture in a headlock. Hit songs, appearances at award shows and countless memes — the W goes to the trio from Atlanta, not the politician from Alabama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bitcoin over Kofi Siriboe:\u003c/strong> Kofi, a handsome gentleman who stole the attention of my girlfriend and my momma, had a great year. His appearances in \u003cem>Queen Sugar\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Girls Trip\u003c/em> thrust him into the spotlight. But know what looks better than Kofi? A Bitcoin. The crypto-currency made headlines in the past couple months as its value rose astronomically, then crashed again. Winner goes to the intangible coins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beyoncé over LecRae:\u003c/strong> Uh… They’re both from Houston. And, um… they both make music. But the comparisons stop there. Queen B by a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> over the cast from \u003cem>Stranger Things\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> While 11 and her cast of lovable dweebs stole our hearts and pushed our imaginations to the limit, the staff at the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> brought reality to our doorsteps. I’m a fan of a good science fiction series, especially one that takes you to another dimension, but “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is an undeniably cold tagline. And true to form, \u003cem>WaPo’s\u003c/em> coverage of domestic politics, international war and much more kept me informed in the dark days of 2017. It’s like they’ve kept a finger on the pulse of “the upside down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over Rapsody:\u003c/strong> Rapsody dropped a top-tier rap album this year, but the issue of immigration is bigger than hip-hop. Sorry Rapsody — immigration wins this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818284\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4.jpg 602w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/Div4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Blac Chyna:\u003c/strong> In short, Blac Chyna got over on her former romantic partner and secured the bag. Congrats. But the #MeToo movement was the biggest clap-back to all the men in positions of power who’ve been getting over on women for years. The #MeToo movement by a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solange over Gucci Mane:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. It might even go into overtime. Solange slayed 2017. Her 2016 album \u003cem>A Seat At the Table\u003c/em> carried right over into a successful 2017 tour, TV appearances and magazine covers. Plus her hair is amazing — and no, you can’t touch it. But Gucci also built on the momentum of an amazing 2016, by getting married and dropping a book. Big life goals accomplished this year for Mr. Mane, a formerly incarcerated man. In the end, though, it’s Solange at the buzzer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818306\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena.jpg\" alt=\"Serena Williams of the US celebrates with the championship trophy during the awards ceremony after her victory against Venus Williams of the US in the women's singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017. \" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-375x562.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Serena-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serena Williams of the US celebrates with the championship trophy during the awards ceremony after her victory against Venus Williams of the US in the women’s singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017. \u003ccite>(WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Serena Williams over Blake Shelton:\u003c/strong> Okay, Blake was awarded Sexiest Man Alive by \u003cem>People Magazine\u003c/em>, and we’re still wondering if every other man on the planet is dead. Serena won 2017. The Australian Open, a building named after her at Nike’s HQ, \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a newborn child? Winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taylor Swift over Tom Brady:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. You’ve got to give it to Tom — what he did in the Super Bowl was amazing. And then he came back to the 2017-2018 NFL season at age 40 and played better than almost every other quarterback. But I’m tired of Tom winning. So Taylor, with her No. 1 album, \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em> appearance and new beau, gets the W.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LeBron over Miguel:\u003c/strong> This is another close one. Miguel dropped \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_%26_Leisure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the best R&B albums of the year\u003c/a>. And LeBron did actually \u003cem>lose\u003c/em> the NBA finals in June. But \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kingjames/status/911610455877021697?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling Trump a bum\u003c/a> on Twitter was pretty memorable. LeBron wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rihanna over LaVar Ball:\u003c/strong> LaVar talks a lot. He’s gotten some play because of it, from ESPN mentions to a 45 Twitter diss. He’s had a great year. But come on, we’re talking about Rihanna, who took over the fashion and makeup worlds with Fenty this year. Case closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kendrick Lamar over The Rock:\u003c/strong> I’m still not sure about this one. The Rock had a great year: movies, magazines and the news that he and his partner are expecting a second child. But the Good Kid from M.A.A.D. City, a.k.a. King Kunta, a.k.a. K.Dot dropped an album and all the other rappers took notes. And then he reversed the track listing and dropped the same album again later in the year, and now \u003cem>that’s\u003c/em> selling. Winner: Kung Fu Kenny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax Reform over Michael Che:\u003c/strong> Michael got a Netflix special — plus he’s had a memorable run on \u003cem>Saturday Night Live\u003c/em>, so much so that he was promoted to co-head writer. But the authors of the 2017 tax reform bill stole the show — along with a lot of other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Two\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818285\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1.jpg 432w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1-240x329.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div1-375x515.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over Tiffany Haddish:\u003c/strong> Tiffany’s natural gift for comedic storytelling is no match for Mother Nature’s anger at the man-made issue of global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818303\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 534px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818303\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine.jpg\" alt=\"House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) moderates a panel discussion about the Trump Administration's proposed cuts to the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships programs at the U.S. Capitol May 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. \" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine.jpg 534w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-375x562.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Maxine-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) moderates a panel discussion about the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts to the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships programs at the U.S. Capitol May 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. \u003ccite>(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maxine Waters over Jay-Z:\u003c/strong> Look, Jay-Z cheated on Beyoncé, put together some clever words over dope beats and dropped an album about it. He made a lot of money, too. Big whoop. Maxine Waters has put in work! She’s served in Congress since 1991, and this year she might’ve reached her pop culture apex. Beyond the work that she does for African Americans, women and the LGBTQ community, she dropped three words that were hotter than Hov’s whole album. “Reclaiming my time” is such a profound sentiment. \u003cem>That’s\u003c/em> how you speak truth to power. It’s perfect for the short attention span of the internet age. I even briefly considered getting it tattooed. No Jay-Z lyrics from \u003cem>4:44\u003c/em> spoke to me in the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim Jong-un over the cast of \u003cem>Moonlight\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> Sorry Hollywood, drama about the guy over in North Korea with his finger on nuclear arms garnered more attention this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>45 over Chance the Rapper:\u003c/strong> Sorry Chance, all of your efforts are respectable and you’re doing your part. But 45 has a lock on this one. Maybe one day we’ll have Mr. Rapper run for president, but until then, the current person in the oval office wins this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818286\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2-160x224.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2-240x337.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div2-375x526.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Domestic Terrorism over Daniel Caesar:\u003c/strong> Sorry Daniel, unfortunately love doesn’t win this battle. Domestic Terrorism is too widespread, allowing fear to flourish in the hearts of many, and causing a love exodus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818302\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Kaepernick receives the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during Sports Illustrated's 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show on December 5, 2017 at Barclays Center in New York City.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Kaep_-375x564.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Kaepernick receives the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during Sports Illustrated’s 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show on December 5, 2017 at Barclays Center in New York City. \u003ccite>(Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Colin over the Houston Astros:\u003c/strong> While the accomplishments of the Astros on the baseball field were amazing, Colin won football without even putting on a jersey — evidence that this isn’t just a game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cardi B over Kevin Durant:\u003c/strong> Kevin dropped the ball with his \u003ca href=\"http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2733874-everything-you-need-to-know-about-kevin-durants-twitter-fail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media flub\u003c/a> over the summer while Cardi B broke chart records and flourished online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Issa Rae:\u003c/strong> Issa held it down for the culture, but the mass amounts of protests were evidence that there’s a mass culture of people coming together to hold down their beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818287\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3-160x226.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3-240x338.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div3-375x529.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Healthcare over \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> Because healthcare is real and impacts us all, and I’ve never seen \u003cem>Star Wars\u003c/em> before. Like, not a single movie. But I went to the doctor last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Migos over Jordan Peele:\u003c/strong> This one is debatable. Both have done it for the culture. But man, Migos have been \u003cem>everywhere\u003c/em>! I give it to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818300\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 617px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818300\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce.jpg\" alt=\"Beyoncé's photo announcing her pregnancy with twins became the most-liked Instagram photo of all time.\" width=\"617\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce.jpg 617w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-160x182.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-240x272.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-375x425.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Beyonce-520x590.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beyoncé’s photo announcing her pregnancy with twins became the most-liked Instagram photo of all time. \u003ccite>(@beyonce/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Beyoncé over Bitcoin:\u003c/strong> Bitcoin has grown since it came into existence in 2009, and this year it blew the ceiling off the financial world. But Beyoncé has been glowing since birth, and this year, she used her music to do philanthropy work, graced the cover of numerous magazines and gave birth to twins. Her husband and little sister both had great years, but Beyoncé is the highest paid woman in music. If she allowed her face to be on a form of currency, Bitcoin would be gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>:\u003c/strong> As much as I appreciate a quality publication, the issue of immigration in American predates and might outlast this periodical. And this year in particular, the issue of immigration was one of the things that kept the newspaper going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4.jpg 423w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4-160x230.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4-240x344.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/2Div4-375x538.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Solange:\u003c/strong> Witnessing how her music empowers women, I don’t think Solange would disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Serena Williams over Taylor Swift:\u003c/strong> Taylor had a good year, no lie. Record sales, awards and even reports of a new love. And the whole “\u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/12/name-a-badder-bitch-than-taylor-swift-memes-take-twitter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">name a bitch badder than Taylor Swift\u003c/a>” thing brought about a wealth of lessons about powerful women in society, so I guess we should thank her. But let’s be real, Serena won the Australian open in January and set the record for most Grand Slams, she was on the cover of \u003cem>Sports Illustrated’s\u003c/em> swimsuit edition, and Nike recently named a building after her. Oh, and she gave birth to her first child. Serena is a *queen* badder than Taylor Swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818305\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818305\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Rihanna attends the 'Fenty Beauty' photocall at Callao cinema on September 23, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. \" width=\"600\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-160x181.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-240x271.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-375x423.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/B.Rihanna-520x587.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Rihanna attends the ‘Fenty Beauty’ photocall at Callao cinema on September 23, 2017 in Madrid, Spain. \u003ccite>(Eduardo Parra/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rihanna over LeBron:\u003c/strong> Look man, LeBron won at birth. I know he grew up in a rough childhood and worked hard to get where he is, but the man was blessed with physical attributes that make mere mortals look weak in comparison. This year, he also lost the NBA championship to Kevin Durant & Co. Meanwhile, Rihanna, who sat courtside for a few of those NBA Finals games, put her stamp on this year, from fashion to music. Her beauty line Fenty was all over social media as fans flocked to support her latest venture. She became outspoken on political issues, using social media to voice her opinions. And, as if that weren’t enough, Bad Girl Riri got a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BXgaVpsDzfL/?hl=en&taken-by=badgalriri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noticeably healthier physique\u003c/a> this past year, setting Instagram aflame with conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax Reform over Kendrick Lamar:\u003c/strong> Sorry Kendrick, your music is good and all, but this Tax Reform bill was pretty big news.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Three\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818289\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1.jpg 554w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-160x169.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-240x254.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-375x397.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div1-520x550.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over Maxine Waters:\u003c/strong> Maxine had a good run, and will continue to do incredible work. But natural disasters won this in a blowout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>45 over Kim Jong-un:\u003c/strong> First off, \u003cem>I really don’t want to see this battle actually happen\u003c/em>. And I’m not trying to fuel the flames by suggesting that 45 had a better year than Kim Jong-un, but without the 45th President of the United States of America saying Kim Jong-un’s name (or other things that he’s called him), I don’t know how much limelight the President of North Korea would’ve received. Even if you don’t like 45, you have to acknowledge that he accomplished one thing this year: He didn’t get fired. Not yet! So, kudos to him for that. Now, let’s hope these two can move toward a resolution and keep us from total global thermonuclear destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2.jpg 559w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-160x171.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-240x257.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-375x402.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div2-520x557.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Domestic Terrorism over Colin Kaepernick:\u003c/strong> Colin can work with youth, make social media comments and kneel all he wants, but people are still dying by way of random mass shootings — and I think Colin would agree. He’d even have a rational point if he were to lump police shootings into the definition of domestic terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Cardi B:\u003c/strong> Sorry Cardi, pop culture and fashion are cool, but there’s nothing like seeing democracy at work. I’m a fan of seeing people come together for parties, but an even bigger fan for people coming together to rally for a collective cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB.jpg\" alt=\"Cardi B performs at E11EVEN on November 22, 2017 in Miami, Florida. \" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-768x537.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-375x262.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CardiB-520x363.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardi B performs at E11EVEN on November 22, 2017 in Miami, Florida. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for E11EVEN)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3.jpg 555w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-160x170.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-240x255.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-375x398.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div3-520x552.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Healthcare over Migos:\u003c/strong> Migos, it was fun while it lasted, but the healthcare debate is real. Sorry guys — you lose this one by a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over Beyoncé:\u003c/strong> Believe it or not, there \u003cem>is\u003c/em> something more important than Beyoncé. Immigration isn’t just an American issue, it’s a global issue. And while Beyoncé’s music is known around the world, the issue of immigration was front and center all over the world this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818292\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4.jpg 546w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-160x173.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-240x259.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-375x405.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/3Div4-520x562.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Serena:\u003c/strong> Serena had a great year, but as an accomplished athlete who doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as her male counterparts, I’m sure she would agree that the #MeToo movement’s progress this year is extremely important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tax Reform over Rihanna:\u003c/strong> Sorry Bad Gal, I love all that you’ve got going on, but this tax reform bill is one for the ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Four\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818294\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-800x1051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1051\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-160x210.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-768x1009.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-240x315.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-375x493.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/4Div-520x683.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over 45:\u003c/strong> The lights are still off in Puerto Rico. 45 is a loser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Public Protests over Domestic Terrorism:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. It’s my hope that people will look back at this year and say “wow” at both things, but they’ll note that the protests had a larger impact than mass shootings — hopefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark.jpg\" alt=\"Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park neighborhood October 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/CoffeyPark-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire damage is seen from the air in the Coffey Park neighborhood October 11, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. \u003ccite>(ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration over Healthcare:\u003c/strong> In an upset, the underdog becomes the winner.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n#MeToo over Tax Reform:\u003c/strong> While the tax reform bill impacts a large amount of people, the #MeToo movement brought about more headlines unique to this year. What’s really new about corrupt politicians pushing policies to pad their pockets?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Round Five\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13818295\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div.jpg 626w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-160x250.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-240x376.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-375x587.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/5Div-520x814.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Natural Disasters over Public Protests:\u003c/strong> Humans can organize all they want, but mother nature wins every time. Especially this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13818308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13818308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana.jpg\" alt=\"US actress Rose McGowan and Founder of #MeToo Campaign Tarana Burke, embrace on stage at the Women's March / Women's Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on October 27, 2017. \" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-240x157.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-375x245.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/RoseTarana-520x340.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US actress Rose McGowan and Founder of #MeToo Campaign Tarana Burke, embrace on stage at the Women’s March / Women’s Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on October 27, 2017. \u003ccite>(RENA LAVERTY/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>#MeToo over Immigration:\u003c/strong> This is a close one. But I believe the community of undocumented blue-collar workers would concur that something needs to be done about toxic masculinity, unwanted sexual advances and rape. #MeToo wins.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>And the Winner Is…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13818297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-800x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-768x623.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-240x195.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-375x304.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/BracketFINALweb-520x422.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a close one, natural disasters win over the #MeToo movement. It’s close because both issues are very similar: they’re both \u003cem>man\u003c/em>-made, they stem from issues that were ignored for years, they both became truly evident this year, and neither are going away anytime soon. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>t’s been a rough month for media outlets. Well, really a bad era in the traditional media industry. But this past month brought particularly rough news, with the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/03/billionaire-owner-shuts-down-dnainfo-gothamist-sites-a-week-after-workers-unionize/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shuttering of SFst\u003c/a>, LAist, DCist and the rest of the Gothamist/DNAInfo sites. Sports giant ESPN announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/sports/espn-layoffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">150 people will lose their jobs\u003c/a> as the company shifts resources from traditional roles like studio production and digital content. There was also the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-la-weekly-20171201-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservative takeover of the \u003cem>LA Weekly\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, whose new owners just fired the entire newsroom except for one staff writer, the future of the paper uncertain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, last week, San Francisco-based New America Media \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/11/27/san-franciscos-pacific-news-service-and-new-america-media-close-after-nearly-half-a-century/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed its doors for the final time\u003c/a>, citing unsustainable growth and not enough funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond losing another media outlet, the world has lost a platform that supported the stories and lives of people who don’t traditionally have the luxury of becoming writers. Low-income folks, people of color, and women who aspired to be published all got their foot in the door at New America Media. Young people who didn’t come from privileged backgrounds — and thus couldn’t make the sacrifices required for most journalism internships — were granted the opportunity to share their perspective with the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was fortunate to be one of the many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13816591\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13816591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-1020x1532.jpg\" alt=\"Filmmaker Kevin Epps, left, with 'YO!' editor-in-chief Kevin Weston.\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-1020x1532.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-768x1154.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-1180x1773.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-960x1442.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-240x361.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-375x563.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_-520x781.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Epps_.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker Kevin Epps, left, with ‘YO!’ editor-in-chief Kevin Weston. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">W\u003c/span>hen I first walked into the New America Media office, I was a broke teenager, just looking for a job. I had some experience producing media, via a similar organization in the East Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://youthradio.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Radio\u003c/a>. But working at New America Media’s print publication \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em> — which stood for \u003cem>Youth Outlook\u003c/em> — helped me develop my career path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I jumped BART gates to get to \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>, borrowed their cameras, got some loose change from my editor for BART fare — used it on food — jumped the BART gates back to Oakland and started filming. Days later, I took that footage back to the \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em> desk in the New America Media office, locked myself away in a room and edited until I started seeing stars from staring at the computer screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when my video was published, I got paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, well, it took a while for me to get paid. My best friend Jesus El, NBA acro-dunker, dancer and subject of my first documentary (which I produced in the New America Media office), also wrote for \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>. We used to joke that asking about our paycheck was like Milton from the movie \u003cem>Office Space\u003c/em> asking about his stapler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even that was a lesson in itself: this freelancing shit isn’t easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maybe the biggest thing I got was encouragement at an important age. That editor who gave me spare change for BART? That was the late Kevin Weston, \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>’s former editor-in-chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">That’s what mattered the most. Not just making money, but seeing that the stories of our lives held value.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Weston’s professional title didn’t properly illustrate his body of work. He wasn’t just someone who critiqued your writing and made sure you got paid when your piece got published. He was a gatekeeper to the journalism industry. There’s a whole diaspora of people he worked with who went from young wannabe reporters to \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> writers, videographers for top-tier music videos and scholars who hold Masters degrees in journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if it took longer than expected, Weston made sure we were properly commissioned for our work, and as teenagers, that’s what mattered the most. Not just making money, but seeing that the stories of our lives held value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13816600\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 326px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13816600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose.jpg\" alt=\"Sandy Close, head of New America Media.\" width=\"326\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose.jpg 326w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose-240x205.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandy Close, head of New America Media. \u003ccite>((via New America Media))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>andy Close, head of New America Media and founder of \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>, was in her office packing boxes with 45 years’ worth of files when I called her last week. I asked her if she knew how important \u003cem>Youth Outlook\u003c/em> was in forming the career paths of young journalists. Her response spoke volumes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cem>YO!\u003c/em> wasn’t created because we wanted to turn people into journalists,” Close told me. “We wanted to learn what \u003cem>they\u003c/em> could share with \u003cem>us\u003c/em> about their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close added that having young people speak on forums, be present in the newsroom and ultimately produce content was “like getting a look at the other side of the moon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having started the program to dispel the national narrative at the time that inner-city kids were “super predators,” she soon found that they were super geniuses. She also realized that it wasn’t just inner-city kids looking for an outlet, but kids in the suburbs, skinheads, kids wrestling with their own sexuality and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When that platform was coupled with a coach like Kevin Weston, the production took off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What Kevin brought was a kind of artistry, informed by hip-hop,” said Close. “And he had the wonderful ability to work with the kids we brought in. He was a really gifted editor with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I was fortunate to be one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13816594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13816594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Weston on stage, accepting an award for his work with young people at Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi's in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-160x147.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-768x706.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-240x221.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-375x345.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-520x478.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Weston on stage, accepting an award for his work with young people at Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi’s in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April of this year, Weston’s widow, SF BART board member and president of the Akonadi Foundation Lateefah Simon wrote an open-letter Facebook post, addressed to her late husband. A portion of the letter reads as follows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Your loved ones are producing art and voice worthy of low bows from the departed. Pendarvis Harshaw was in the \u003cem>LA Times\u003c/em> today. You would have blown him up and bought that man a crab dinner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I’ve never been one to turn down a crab dinner, I’d pass on every piece of shellfish offered from here on out if I could just show Kevin Weston that clip from the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>, or any of the other things I’ve accomplished since \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2014/06/kevin-weston.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his passing\u003c/a> in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last month, when news of New America Media’s shutdown broke, Simon penned another Facebook message, “Tears flowing for many reasons today. Reading the news about the closure of New American Media/PNS is sobering. So in awe of the NAM alumni, the many minds who put their souls into stories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So here’s to those New America Media alums who put their soul into this thing called journalism. Whatever the future of journalism is in this day and age, with the closure of New America Media, it just lost a very necessary pipeline for underrepresented voices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw is the author of ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-og-harshaw-20170409-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Told Me\u003c/a>,’ a memoir about growing up in Oakland. Find him on Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I jumped BART gates to get to \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>, borrowed their cameras, got some loose change from my editor for BART fare — used it on food — jumped the BART gates back to Oakland and started filming. Days later, I took that footage back to the \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em> desk in the New America Media office, locked myself away in a room and edited until I started seeing stars from staring at the computer screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when my video was published, I got paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, well, it took a while for me to get paid. My best friend Jesus El, NBA acro-dunker, dancer and subject of my first documentary (which I produced in the New America Media office), also wrote for \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>. We used to joke that asking about our paycheck was like Milton from the movie \u003cem>Office Space\u003c/em> asking about his stapler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even that was a lesson in itself: this freelancing shit isn’t easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maybe the biggest thing I got was encouragement at an important age. That editor who gave me spare change for BART? That was the late Kevin Weston, \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>’s former editor-in-chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">That’s what mattered the most. Not just making money, but seeing that the stories of our lives held value.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Weston’s professional title didn’t properly illustrate his body of work. He wasn’t just someone who critiqued your writing and made sure you got paid when your piece got published. He was a gatekeeper to the journalism industry. There’s a whole diaspora of people he worked with who went from young wannabe reporters to \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> writers, videographers for top-tier music videos and scholars who hold Masters degrees in journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if it took longer than expected, Weston made sure we were properly commissioned for our work, and as teenagers, that’s what mattered the most. Not just making money, but seeing that the stories of our lives held value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13816600\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 326px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13816600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose.jpg\" alt=\"Sandy Close, head of New America Media.\" width=\"326\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose.jpg 326w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/SandyClose-240x205.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandy Close, head of New America Media. \u003ccite>((via New America Media))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>andy Close, head of New America Media and founder of \u003cem>YO!\u003c/em>, was in her office packing boxes with 45 years’ worth of files when I called her last week. I asked her if she knew how important \u003cem>Youth Outlook\u003c/em> was in forming the career paths of young journalists. Her response spoke volumes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cem>YO!\u003c/em> wasn’t created because we wanted to turn people into journalists,” Close told me. “We wanted to learn what \u003cem>they\u003c/em> could share with \u003cem>us\u003c/em> about their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close added that having young people speak on forums, be present in the newsroom and ultimately produce content was “like getting a look at the other side of the moon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having started the program to dispel the national narrative at the time that inner-city kids were “super predators,” she soon found that they were super geniuses. She also realized that it wasn’t just inner-city kids looking for an outlet, but kids in the suburbs, skinheads, kids wrestling with their own sexuality and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When that platform was coupled with a coach like Kevin Weston, the production took off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What Kevin brought was a kind of artistry, informed by hip-hop,” said Close. “And he had the wonderful ability to work with the kids we brought in. He was a really gifted editor with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I was fortunate to be one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13816594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13816594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Weston on stage, accepting an award for his work with young people at Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi's in Oakland.\" width=\"800\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-160x147.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-768x706.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-240x221.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-375x345.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/12/KevinWeston.Stage_-520x478.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Weston on stage, accepting an award for his work with young people at Black Media Appreciation Night at Yoshi’s in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April of this year, Weston’s widow, SF BART board member and president of the Akonadi Foundation Lateefah Simon wrote an open-letter Facebook post, addressed to her late husband. 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