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“When you go to Nashville, you know that's the home of country music. New York needed to step up to the plate, to say officially that this is the birthplace of hip-hop. The city was sleeping on it. I discovered that younger visitors who loved rap music were eager for more knowledge, for a different kind of tourist experience that would get them out of Times Square.”
Debra Harris
“We have a real thing in hip-hop about out with the old, in with the new. I'm shocked about how little awareness of history there is, especially since so many people are making so much money in the rap industry. There's much more awareness of hip-hop history in other countries.”
“I wanted to do a tour where people would look at something else beside architecture.”
“The place is in a shambles. It needs renovation, and we don't want people getting nervous.”
“People get attached to these things. It's really heartbreaking to take them back.”
“Terminator technology is an assault on the traditional knowledge, innovation and practices of indigenous and local communities. Field testing or commercial use of sterile seed technology is a fundamental violation of the human rights of Indigenous peoples, a breach of the right of self-determination.”
Debra Harry
“This technology is an assault on the traditional knowledge, innovation, and practices of local and indigenous communities.”
“This seed technology is a fundamental violation of the human rights of indigenous people. It is a breach of the right of self-determination.”
