Posts by Crystal

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Hoots and Hollers Crystal Jan 8, 2014
A Picture’s Worth a 1000 Verses
I was in the 9th grade when I first heard “Self Destruction” produced by KRS-One and D-Nice, members of the iconic hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The charity single became the anthem of the Stop the Violence Movement, started in response to violence in the hip hop and African American communities. More
Issues: Mountaintop removalMusicSocial justice
Hoots and Hollers Crystal Dec 6, 2012
WHITES ONLY. COLORED ONLY. COAL ONLY. And SHADES OF GREEN.
No matter if I tried, I would never be seen as a Friend of Coal. I’m a bastard child, an environmental child.I know this. Yet I salute multimillionaire coal baron Jim Justice for what he’s doing for West Virginia’s tourism economy while protesting mountaintop removal with a vengeance. Is it really possible to do both? […] More
Issues: CoalMountaintop removalRacial inequality