{"id":47048,"date":"2016-05-21T22:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T22:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=47048"},"modified":"2016-05-21T22:05:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T22:05:02","slug":"mixed-race-mixtape-explores-identity-through-hip-hop-theater-at-uci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=47048","title":{"rendered":"Mixed-Race Mixtape Explores Identity Through Hip-Hop Theater at UCI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed-Race Mixtape<\/strong> Explores Identity Through Hip-Hop Theater at UCI<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

OC Weekly<\/a>
\nFountain Valley, California
\n2016-05-17<\/p>\n

Gabriel San Roman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump<\/a> can tweet a picture of himself eating a taco bowl while declaring “I love Hispanics,” the national discussion around race has gotten soggier than the bottom of his bowl. Thankfully, Andrew “Fig” Figueroa<\/a> is coming to UC Irvine<\/a> this week to elevate the debate with Mixed-Race Mixtape<\/em><\/a>, a much needed dose of hip-hop<\/a> theater. Born to a Mexican dad and a white mom, Fig explores the intricacies of his own identity through song and stage.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s funny because I was always aware that I had one parents who was Mexican and one that was white European, but I never dealt with the stress and confusion that I do now as an adult,” says Fig, who grew up in Irvine. “My white mother not only spoke perfect Spanish, but also had lived in Mexico<\/a> for 15 years. So, we took pride in being a Mexican household.” It wasn’t until he moved out of Irvine<\/a> that he realized all the issues he had that would later inform Mix-Raced Mixtape<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The one-night only production is a blend itself, incorporating hip-hop music, theater and spoken word elements together. The end result takes the audience through his experience of growing up as “ambiguously brown” as, say, Saved By the Bell’s<\/em><\/a> A.C. Slater<\/a>. Whether talking about encounters with police, family or school teachers, Fig’s bridging of both worlds becomes a balancing act. The feat is often wrought with subtle and not-so-subtle jabs along the fault lines of race and class…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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