All posts by Shabaz Kazia
Coffee for a Cause 2019
Rummaging for Gold
The dumpster behind Thrift Town in the Mission district was a treasure trove. Groups of local immigrant kids would jump into the metal rectangle and scavenge for toys and anything else that would peak their interest.
Decades later, artist and Executive Director of Accion Latina Josue Rojas, would transition from dumpster diving to rummaging through records hoping to unearth a secret gem.
Chance the Rapper: Hip-hop’s Crown Prince
The landscape of hip-hop is constantly shifting and with that comes new waves of sound, influence, and culture. The trap sound has permeated the airwaves, becoming the most predominant sound at the moment. Even though its critics loathe the lack of substance that “mumble-rap” scene brings and the influence it has on culture, hip-hop is still looking for more substance. Continue reading Chance the Rapper: Hip-hop’s Crown Prince
Melanin Minute Podcast
James Sime is Isotope
By Shabaz Kazia
The walls are lined with shelves of current issues and trade paperbacks. Near the entrance, to the left, there are two leather red and white sofas that are low to the ground and worn by customers flipping through their newly purchased comics. Across from the sofas, there is a red stand that shares the same style and color scheme of the sofa, that has new arrivals on them. A few feet from the sofas, there is a cash register with the same theme of red and white. Behind the cash register, on shelves, there are toilet bowl seats that various famous artists have drawn. The cash register is usually occupied by one peculiar individual most days of the week. A jovial character and owner of Isotope comics: Continue reading James Sime is Isotope
From Farmlands to Newsrooms: An Asian American Story
By Shabaz Kazia
He rubs his chin, smiles and kicks his right heel against the classroom floor as he deep dives into his memories of growing up on his family’s Chinese vegetable farm in Woodland, California. As he recounts his childhood for an Continue reading From Farmlands to Newsrooms: An Asian American Story
Iran’s Finest
The Fate of Pier 29: Whose Pier is it?
By Shabaz Kazia
Pier 29 opens to the heart of The Embarcadero in Downtown San Francisco. It’s nestled between neighboring piers, up against the bay’s shore, in-between The Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridges. Joggers, bikers, tourists and local pedestrians, often greet Pier 29’s bulkhead doors as a place to call their own.
Also a place they have to defend. Continue reading The Fate of Pier 29: Whose Pier is it?
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