Deviant Politics: Hip Hop as a Form of Resistance Against Hypercriminalization and Structural Violence
Abstract
Life in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México changed quickly and drastically; Juárez went from a relatively safe city to a place where citizens were no longer able to leave their houses after sunset. Around the beginning of 2008, homicide was the number one cause of death among youth (Pizarro, 2013). Indeed, from 2008 to 2012 the state of Chihuahua had highest number of murdered youth in the country and Ciudad Juárez had the highest homicide numbers in the state (Pizarro, 2013). From December 31, 2010 through October 15, 2011, for instance, the number of murders across age groups was 10,135 in the state of Chihuahua (Pizarro, 2013). The violence affected daily activities including nightlife. Young adults and teenagers could no longer enjoy nightlife because it became the easiest way for criminals to identify and even murder the youth. However, there was no safe space. Dario, for example, a student of sociology at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, got shot by federal police during a protest within university facilities. The perpetrator of this crime simply got relocated out of Juárez, and youth were left feeling they have no safe and no justice.
Subject Area
Educational sociology|Latin American Studies|Sociology
Recommended Citation
Diaz, Selene Ines, "Deviant Politics: Hip Hop as a Form of Resistance Against Hypercriminalization and Structural Violence" (2015). ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso. AAI1591946.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1591946