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Three decades of the weapon of sound above ground.
When rage against the machine arrived on the scene, right-wing groups like PMRC feared what their music would do to young kids.
When rage against the machine arrived on the scene, right-wing groups like PMRC feared what their music would do to young kids.
Imagine taking a 10 year old in 1996 and locking him in a windowless room with nothing but hundreds of live RATM VHS recordings. What came out of that room 10-20 years later was me. I am one of those kids. And I am better for it.
I grew up in white suburbia ashamed of my brown skin and feeling like I had no place in this society. Then I read Zack's words, studied every single one of his speeches, and saw the example he set. I found myself, my identity, my fucking voice, because of him and rage.
