At its core, it’s about being different and demanding that society makes space for your story. Being queer is just another difference that hip-hop can help illuminate. And some mainstream artists are shining that light.
At age 14, Carlos crossed the border alone, migrating from El Salvador. In this interview, he shares the challenges he faced and his future plans.
Some of these feel a little TOO true…
We talked to teens from the Town about the movie’s musings on race, gender, and Oakland.
As many high school seniors scramble to get their college applications in on January first, some students of color find themselves with an extra set of questions to ask schools.
Application deadlines are coming up for graduating seniors interested in going to college next year. It’s a stressful time. Youth Radio talked to three graduating seniors, Arnav Gupta, Nina Roehl, and Sierra Fang-Horvath, about their mad sprint to the finish line.
Every time we listen or watch something produced by a rapist or abuser, not only are we adding to their wealth but we are normalizing their behavior.
Everyone has anxiety about what to do when the people at their Thanksgiving table say uncomfortable or offensive things. Teens deal with that too. Youth Radio asked three teens how adults misbehave at their tables and how they deal.
I never wanted to invite people over to my house because I thought that they would take one look at our shabby one-story home in what they would call the “ghetto” and go running back to their perfect, suburban, gated communities.
