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» Marco Antonio Cervantes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Mexican American Studies Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He researches music and Black and Brown cultural convergences. He has published in the American Quarterly, Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, Association of Mexican American Educators, and Liminalities: Journal of Performance Studies. He recently co-edited the book Entre el Sur y el Norte: Decolonizing Education through Critical Readings of Chicana/x/o, Mexican, and Indigenous Music. Along with his work as a scholar, he performs as hip-hop artist Mexstep and is a member of the group Third Root.