House of Xippi: Recent Episodes
Jermey J. Edmonson
House of Xippi (HOX) is for dancers and non dancers in the hip hop field. HOX will discuss the importance of blackness and Black history in hip hop and how we can better understand how we all contribute to it. HOX will review dances that are important to the culture. Providing insight for guest in the hip hop world and healing to the community.
If this was hard for you to listen to then
Imagine how hard it is for us to be told to stay silent.
Imagine how we feel when you are silent.
What will you do?
When will you do it?
How will that group: hip hop, African Americans know that you have done it?
What did I learn?
What do I need to do to move forward?
How do i want to adjust future actions if I decide to take another route?
Ask yourself what support do I need to follow through with my actions
I invite you all to investigate or interrogate these questions
What is your current reality with the hip hop community?
Do you notice how your intentions and impact may not match?
What are you tolerating in patience or avoidance while you are in the hip hop, black dance community?
- What is like to absorb experience from your privilege: same area, race, gender, sexual orientation
- How can you discuss history accurately and locally?
- What does your role as a guest in a culture look like?
I invite my listeners to investigate the following
- Sexualization of African American women
- Do you think hip hop is responsible for sexism?
- How is your body viewed in society?
In this episode I am talking about how the name was created, my background, education, and what House of Xippi will be doing.