Hip-Hop Artist Ruby Ibarra Receives Vilcek Prize

Ruby Ibarra at San Francisco Filipino American History Month Celebration (Photo by Raymond Virata)

Hip-hop and spoken word artist Ruby Ibarra received the Vilcek Prize for performances that center on her experience as a Filipina American woman, and for powerful lyrics that address colonialism, immigration, colorism, and misogyny (See INQUIRER.net for story).