麻豆影院

An evening of spoken word, rap, art and community. Curated by Karia White听with Ass茅tou Xango as Master of Ceremonies

Shades of Honey works to cultivate community through artistic lenses such as spoken word, poetry, rap, dance and other avenues of expression. It centers Black, Brown and Indigenous artists navigation and presentation of the nuances of living in America and traversing white supremacy more broadly. It in essence is resistance, survival and thriving on display.

This presentation is part of 鈥�Hip-Hop in Times of Pandemic and Protest,鈥� a series of events in March that explore the music, politics, performance, and pedagogy of Hip-Hop.

The event took place on Wednesday, March 10听at 6:00 MST online. 听The event recording is presented below.

Karia White is currently an undergraduate student at the 麻豆影院 in her fourth year with concentrations in International Affairs and Ethnic Studies as well as a minor in Politic Science. Through the university, Karia is听geared toward cutting edge ethnographic research in the School of Education at the Laboratory for Race and Popular Culture working specifically as a co-contributor/undergraduate research听assistant听on the "Lyripeutics Storytelling Project鈥澨齮o highlight the need for听storytelling, narrative and critical questioning in institutions.听When not occupied with expanding space in the academy for Black, Brown and Indigenous students, Karia identifies as a hip hop womanist. She is a poet, multi media artist and community organizer and activist working in the greater Denver area to create art-based healing projects and advocacy surrounding mutual aid projects spanning, but not limited to being the founder of 麻豆影院's Community Fridges/Siblings in the Struggle Collective and working to expand education at听鈥淒enver Freedom Skools鈥�.

Ass茅tou听Xango听(Ah-say-too SEAN-go; they/them), also known as the Dark Goddess Poet, uses Spoken Word to dismantle the harmful colonial binaries that bind us. As a black, pansexual, polyamorous, genderqueer, womxn. They exist as the in-between, the darkness that serves as the mirror to our shadow selves.听Xango鈥檚听other-world guides us to accept the parts of ourselves that have been deemed irredeemable.听