Clint Smith: The danger of silence
Clint Smith: Tylėjimo pavojus
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upon the Civil Rights Movement,
teisių judėjimą
have to be sources of shame.
tokią atmosferą,
pagrindinius principus,
at the beginning of the year:
mokslo metų pradžioje:
savo mokinius pasisakyti,
„McDonald's“, bulvyčių,
ką galėjau paaukoti,
apeliuoti į kitų sąžinę,
už buvimą gėjumi,
down as if I didn't even notice.
lyg nieko nepastebėjau.
because the bolt on the lock
nes užrakto sklendė
touching the screen on my Apple
savo Apple tapšnojimu,
those poor, unintelligent kids,"
tuos vargšus, neprotingus vaikus.“
we needed her money
mums reikėjo jos pinigų
kurie buvo nutylimi.
Tylėjimas yra uraganas Katrina.
aren't enough body bags left.
nepakanka maišų kūnams.
Ir skausmas.
mano neryžtingumo.
mano mokiniai kalba
antras vardas būtų Toro,
one episode of "The Wire"
vieną „Blakė" seriją,
apie mano vaikus.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Clint Smith - Poet, educatorClint Smith's work blends art and activism.
Why you should listen
Clint Smith is a writer, teacher and doctoral candidate at Harvard University studying education, incarceration and inequality. Previously, he taught high school English in Prince George’s County, Maryland where, in 2013, he was named the Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Humanities Council.
Clint is a 2014 National Poetry Slam champion, an Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. He has received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Cave Canem and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, Boston Review, American Poetry Review, Harvard Educational Review and elsewhere. He was born and raised in New Orleans, LA.
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