Victor Rios: Help for kids the education system ignores
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en los jóvenes,
that have been pushed out of school,
by the education system,
where they're vulnerable to violence,
están expuestos a la violencia,
policial y la cárcel.
for years at a time,
uno por uno durante años
the "school-to-prison pipeline."
"el camino de la escuela a la prisión".
has a bottle of liquor in his hand,
tiene una botella de alcohol en la mano,
through a perspective
that they bring to the education system.
que aportan al sistema educativo.
the way we label young people
la etiqueta que les define
a jóvenes "promesas"?
and the promise to change?
céntrico en pobreza extrema
in dire poverty in the inner city,
y muchas veces qué comer.
three times for three felonies.
tres veces por tres delitos
esperaba a la ambulancia
for the ambulance to arrive
y la esperanza en el mundo
because the system had failed me.
porque el sistema me había abandonado.
I could make it to my 18th birthday.
no iba a cumplir los 18 años.
that cared reached out
that was always in your business.
siempre se metía en tus asuntos.
whenever you're ready."
tan pronto como estés dispuesto".
sobre los jóvenes como yo:
about young people like me.
cuando estuviéramos listos,
when we're ready,
cuando te necesitamos,
my people, my family.
a mi gente, a mi familia.
porque sabía que estaba en bancarrota
because I was broke,
en un día de cole
in the back of his van,
en la parte de atrás de la furgoneta
would get all bloody.
and I would stop working.
y me hubiera gustado dejar de trabajar.
and he would say to me,
something out of nothing."
y me decía:
have taught you a hard-work ethic
que te enseñaron la ética del trabajo
yourself in the academic world
fuerzas para tus resultados académicos,
and empower your community."
este poder a tu comunidad".
right before graduation,
justo antes de la graduación:
thinking I'm going to college?
que piensa que iré a la uni?
and support she provided,
los mentores a los que me recomendó,
con una carta que decía:
under probationary status."
I'm already on probation,
¿esto no cuenta?
not criminal probation.
do to succeed with young people
como la señora Russ para lograr
como los que yo estudio?
sobre ellos en educación:
deficit perspective in education.
come from a culture of violence,
llena de violencia y pobreza.
these people are truant.
for us to fill with knowledge.
no podemos enriquecer con conocimiento.
que estos jóvenes aportan al aula.
bring to the schoolhouse.
obstáculos imposibles son muy poderosas
insurmountable odds are so powerful.
and resilience in them.
fuerza de carácter y fuerza,
a refinar estas historias.
refine those stories.
de sí mismos.
welcomes their families, their cultures,
acoge a sus familias, a su cultura,
they've learned to survive.
han desarrollado para sobrevivir.
being the most important:
estrategia y la más importante:
adequate resources to young people.
los recursos adecuados.
and tell me all you want,
by the bootstraps."
without any straps on my boots --
la vida me controla a mí!
tutorías, asesoramiento,
a aprender de sus errores
to learn from their mistakes
of their classrooms like animals.
justice in every high school in America.
de la rehabilitación
en cada escuela estadounidense.
in the community of Watts in LA
en la comunidad de Watts en Los Ángeles
that had been pushed out of school.
that had been given every label.
al que tachaban de todo:
muy a la defensiva.
de la señora Russ:
whenever you're ready."
como estés dispuesto".
que hizo la transición.
that he made the switch.
ver su cadáver en el periódico.
in the newspaper the next day.
I don't know what to do,
on the desk and he said,
en grupo, abrazo en grupo!"
se convirtieron en alegría y risa
turned into joy and laughter
that he did have a purpose in life:
él podía tener un propósito en la vida,
of people in his own community.
la gente de su comunidad.
to being the story of a survivor
a otra donde era un superviviente
to become a security guard,
at a local school district.
en una escuela del barrio.
the mind will follow."
la mente lo sigue".
have emerged the greatest souls.
las almas más fuertes,
are seared with scars."
están plagados de cicatrices".
revolution that we're talking about
el aula de la que estamos hablando
de estos jóvenes con quienes trabajamos,
of the young people that we work with,
su fuerza y el verdadero carácter
resilience and character
the right kinds of resources.
into believing in myself.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Victor Rios - Educator, authorVictor Rios seeks to uncover how to best support the lives of young people who experience poverty, stigma and social exclusion.
Why you should listen
Based on over a decade of research, Dr. Victor Rios created Project GRIT (Generating Resilience to Inspire Transformation) a human development program that works with educators to refine leadership, civic engagement and personal and academic empowerment in young people placed at-risk.
Rios is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D. in comparative ethnic studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005. His book Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys discusses the many ways in which young urban males of color encounter the youth control complex: a ubiquitous system of punitive social control embedded in what has come to be known as the school-to-prison pipeline.
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