Clint Smith: The danger of silence
クリント・スミス: 沈黙のもたらす危険
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upon the Civil Rights Movement,
たとえば差別
一緒になって
have to be sources of shame.
at the beginning of the year:
しかし私は
誰かに助言すべきではない
down as if I didn't even notice.
知らんふりして通り過ぎてしまいました
because the bolt on the lock
私を眺め上げていたときは
touching the screen on my Apple
those poor, unintelligent kids,"
we needed her money
授業を続けるには明らかにその女性の寄付が
aren't enough body bags left.
聞こえてくるのは沈黙です
なぜなら
それこそ時には誰もが願うことだからです
one episode of "The Wire"
まるでマイクが
いつだって向けられているかのように
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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