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Sharma, associate professor of Asian American and African American studies and author of Hip Hop Desis (Duke University Press 2010), focuses her teaching and research on the interaction between races ...

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Photo by Mikhail Tsirtsan ’15/North by Northwestern. Do you rap or write poetry? Do you play an instrument or sing? If yes, or even if no, the people at DOJO want you to stop by. DOJO is an ...