Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Artist and Activist Genesis Be, exploring her latest album, Tom Boy, biracial queer intersectionality, and the viral Confederate emblem protest that thrust her into the national spotlight.
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In 2016, a young rapper from Mississippi captivated America with a bold theatrical protest against the Mississippi State Flag. The protest went viral. The resulting backlash and press, threw her into the ongoing fight to remove the Confederate emblem from the Mississippi State Flag. Publications such as The Associated Press, New York Times, NY Daily News, ABC News, VICE Impact have featured her, sharing her message of racial healing, gender equality, and youth empowerment. In 2017, she was the subject of a Moral Courage Project documentary "Confederate Pride, White Supremacy & My State Flag" and continues to facilitate civil discourse to improve race relations in her home state Mississippi. In 2020, her collaborative effort saw a historical victory when Mississippi changed its State Flag after flying over 120 years.
Genesis Be has recently completed two college tours and two National tours wherein she explores the threats and media push back for her g
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