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The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contributor to Palabra, a journalism site run by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, a music historian, jazz musician and composer recently interviewed on WURD radio in Philadelphia. Pagán shares her take on the new hit movie In the Heights and the progress Latinx media is making in Hollywood; Guthrie reflects on Black joy as expressed through Black music. “Meet the BIPOC Press” is a monthly feature of the Laura Flanders Show. This celebration for Black Music Month is hosted by Sara Lomax-Reese and Mitra Kalita, founder/directors of URL Media, a network of Black and Brown community news outlets that share content and revenue. The panel also addresses concerns about colorism in Latinx movie casting — and more! Plus: Laura's closing commentary celebrates the recent election of India Walton, the Democratic Socialist mayor-to-be of Buffalo, New York. Walton, who was featured on The Laura Flanders Show last year, credited seeing herself represented on TV as a source of the confidence she needed to run for office as a Black, working class, single mom.

“Music, and the arts, has always been a way to express our full humanity and it’s always been our safety valve.” - Dr. Guthrie Ramsey

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