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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.84,0:00:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 20 years old, i started teaching at a juvenile prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.12,0:00:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there were many things that separated us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I quickly discovered my students and I had one big thing in common:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.43,0:00:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our love of hip hop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.43,0:00:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the next few years, rap music became the main content for the classes I taught,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.61,0:00:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw disengaged students emerge as leaders and experts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.23,0:00:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through engaging elements of hiphop culture together,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.60,0:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students and I learned language arts, life skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.48,0:00:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to love each other and ourselves more.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.08,0:00:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I continued to observed the ways in which our education system is rigged
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.56,0:00:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against black and latino students and students from low income communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.70,0:00:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked myself what else we as educators could learn from hiphop,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.09,0:00:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the insanely innovative and influential global phenomenon
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.97,0:00:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has emerged from these very same communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.82,0:00:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say hiphop, I'm not just talking about music
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.03,0:01:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or music xxx dance, which are considered central elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.21,0:01:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm referring to the blend of instincts, confidence, and ingenuity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.41,0:01:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that develops in oppressed communities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.18,0:01:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as has been demonstrated through the evolution of hiphop culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.27,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about the Jamaican teenager in the South Bronx
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking two records of the same song
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.33,0:01:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fading back and forth between them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.38,0:01:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a new musical composition
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.35,0:01:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by playing the most danceable segment over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.13,0:01:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about the inspiring visual artists
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.57,0:01:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realizing they didn't need galleries to represent them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.10,0:01:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their work to be seen, and instead painting on train cars
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.68,0:01:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instantly having an audience of hundreds of thousands.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.07,0:01:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about a highschool dropout from the projects of mercy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.28,0:01:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using his entrepeneurial hassle and rap skills
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.55,0:01:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go from selling drugs, to selling CDs out of the trunk of his car,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.99,0:01:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to selling products at Macy's.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.96,0:01:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what my colleagues and I call hiphop genius,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.70,0:01:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creative resourcefulnes in the face of limited resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.23,0:01:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as it's often said in the hiphop community:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.56,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flipping something outta nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could this audacious approach impact our education system?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.78,0:01:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For starters, we need to exhibit the brush creativity of hiphop pioneers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.38,0:01:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as hiphop producers sample songs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.54,0:02:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from other genres creating unique new sounds to please
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.70,0:02:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,audience's ears, hiphop educators can borrow from diverse models
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.09,0:02:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improvise xxx blends of educational practices customised
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.43,0:02:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet students needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.10,0:02:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that sounds to abstract, take a look at the highschool
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.35,0:02:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for recording arts in Minnesota, where they mix project based learning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.07,0:02:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and competency based assesment with artistic, vocational, and business training
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.50,0:02:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with xxxx and xxx at local colleges, with a heavy dose of student leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.17,0:02:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to do the same thing that's been done before or follow one model.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.29,0:02:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can sample and mix multiple teaching techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.82,0:02:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and school designs to find the blends that best serve our students.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.67,0:02:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also need to adapt the value hiphop places on staying fresh:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.41,0:02:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hot beat yesterday ... was a hot beat yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.48,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whoever sends out to make a hot beat today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.36,0:02:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do something new and different to remain relevant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.89,0:02:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world is changing rapidly around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.54,0:02:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The top ten jobs in 2010 didn't exist six years earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.100,0:02:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hiphop's premium on freshness must permeate our schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.69,0:02:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to be resourceful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.48,0:02:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the 1970s, thousands of families chose to replace their
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.22,0:02:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linoleum floors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.40,0:03:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In poor neighbourhoods, the old linoleum was left in piles on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.21,0:03:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young people, without access to playgrounds or dance classes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.83,0:03:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned their parent's trash into dancefloors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.39,0:03:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and invented new moves like the windmill and the headspin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.66,0:03:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maximize its potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.75,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faced with our own resource constraints,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educators need to find new platforms,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.49,0:03:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what refuges could we be dancing on,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.35,0:03:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what are our new moves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.09,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behind the mike, spray cans, turn tables and when it comes to their educations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students have brilliant ideas and instincts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.96,0:03:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hiphop genius is not just about teachers using hiphop songs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.19,0:03:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get kids to succeed in traditional schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.88,0:03:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about changing education to respect and build
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.88,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from young people's brilliance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.08,0:03:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about the incredible possibilities that occur
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.34,0:03:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when students are engaged,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.71,0:03:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just as consumers, but as creators.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.03,0:03:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't need to twig the content inside existing traditional academic structures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.63,0:03:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to think outside the classroom and build
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.79,0:03:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the institutions that are fundamentally more responsive
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.39,0:03:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to young people's interest and ingenuity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.13,0:03:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to create schools and school systems
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.75,0:03:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not only teach hiphop, they are hiphop.