Pass The Mic DJ Rosez

DJ Rosez is a leader in the H-Town scene. A Salvi who isn’t scared to speak her mind and educate others. Check out what she has to say about Voter suppression, Protesting Survival tips, & more in Reggaeton Con La Gata’s debut of #PassTheMic

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is past the mic. This is a segment where
I literally passed the mic to somebody else who I
believe has something lovely to say and add to the
larger conversation what's going on? Super excited to have the
first past the mic with none other than Dija. Hital
says an amazing Salvadorian DJ. I'm out in Houston, Texas,

(00:24):
and I won't take up any more of her time,
so I'll just go ahead and pass the mic. Bro says,
how you doing.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Mad Love for you, mad love what you're doing? And
thank you for this opportunity.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
No, girl, thank you for being you. And since you're.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
You, mama by Yeah, let's get it started.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
There's clearly a lot going on right now in the
world in the United States. You're in Houston. What's it
like over there? What's going on? What do people need
to know?

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Well, the National Guard in the military have just been
approved to be deployed here in Texas, which I'm like, damn,
because we just saw how that had affected California rights.
They had a governor who greed, you know, Texas. I
don't know how that's gonna look like. If I'm honest
with you, these are definitely frightful times. But you know,

(01:08):
in community, we will stand strong. I mean they want
to obliterate and eliminate anybody who's not them right the
top of the top. But we've been here for centuries.
This is our land, right So honestly, what I'm thinking
the best is like being community, know your reliable resources,
participate in whatever way shape form that looks like, and

(01:29):
you know, be completely informed again with reliable resources. So
I love that you're here because your content is real,
it's authentic, but it's also factual.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
I appreciate that girl, and I mean signing off to
everything you just said. Yes, resources are important for those listening.
What can you name a few just so that they're
aware of what can they tap into? You know?

Speaker 2 (01:49):
So I've worked a lot with Fienn Houston. I mean,
they're a nonprofit that does a lot of work for
indocumented folks. I know the ACLU Texas has provided a
lot of protest rights. I know, what do you who
hun those like Asian and documented folks and also a
Latin that case and documented folks. But I know that
a lot of people are engaging in protests. Protests have
been existing for how many years? You know, they are

(02:10):
a framework of what change should be, but people sometimes
they go in there with not knowing what to expect
or how to do it properly. Not that there's a
proper way to protest, but there are some safety precautions
that you should take because now with the Guard, the
National Guard and the military being involved, this could be
escalated a lot more, which complete bs, complete bs, because

(02:31):
we have the right to protest, but things that you
should do right is always like like have a loved
one's phone number written on your skin, or a lawyer's
for a number. Right, make sure that there's no tattoos
that are visible, you know, because they could target you
really easily. And I have a game plan. You know,
when you are protesting, protesting with folks, you never know
what's going to happen. So understand like this is a

(02:51):
mark we're going to meet at if we get lost
by any type.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Of stort, you know, thank you, that's very helpful. I
also want to shout out on me handed because they're
yes for resources with I said, I also would love
to know, in addition to these things, why do you
think that this time around it's different in comparison to
the past.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
So yes, our governor is wheelchair bound. And what I
find so interesting is that this man is so selfish.
So he won a lawsuit because there was an incident
that happened to him, and that's how he got money. Unfortunately,
he lost his ability with his legs, but he wanted
this lawsuit right. He made it a los so other
folks can't suit. You see what I mean, how selfish

(03:30):
that is? How selfish is this?

Speaker 1 (03:32):
So he's a loser?

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Got it complete? Girl complete? And so the problem is
that I remember that people think that Texas is a
red state. Texas is a purple state, which means that
people don't vote enough. That's the problem that we have.
And so when we have rhetoric like your vote doesn't matter,
that's what harms people to not get into the boots.
And frankly, when you elect those mom workers, then they

(03:53):
try to implement policy so we all don't vote. That's
the issue. I think last month or two months ago,
they mentioned you would be required to have your citizenship
or like your birth certificate to vote. That will cause
so much trouble. The people that vote are citizens, but
a lot of people don't align with the last name
of their citizenship I mean of their birth certificate right.

(04:14):
So they're inhimiting particularly you know, women from voting because
a lot of women change their last name when they vote, too.
They're in himitating the queer folks to vote because some
people you know change, I mean they're no longer on
line with their government name, you know, so especially our
trans folks, you know, our non binary votes. And then
there's people that don't want to be associated with their

(04:34):
last name. I've had personal friends who are like, my
last name brings me trauma because of X, Y and Z,
so they change it. So these are the writer grads
that they're sneaking motherfuckers because they don't want us to vote.
Because when we join together, a lot of this wouldn't
be able to happen. We could keep going from we
could keep going. But that's just some of the tactics
they're here. They're using, particularly in the South as well.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
Thank you, Roll says that is all the time we
have right now for past the mic, and A says,
thank you so much for joining me. Me hanse Sima