In one of Straight Outta Compton‘s most powerful shots, two men walk toward a police line. Held between them are a blue and a red bandana, knotted together, signifying unity in the face of a common enemy. It’s part of a scene that recreates the chaos of the Rodney King riots, the political event that […]
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Straight Outta Compton, Straight Into Now
Hip-hop, N.W.A., and America’s institutionalized oppression