Clint Smith: The danger of silence
Clint Smith: Nebezpečenstvo mlčania
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upon the Civil Rights Movement,
nad Hnutím za občianske práva,
slová našich nepriateľov,
posolstvo prijal za vlastné.
aby sme vyplnili tie miesta,
have to be sources of shame.
pri zdieľaní dôverností
hlavné princípy na tabuli,
at the beginning of the year:
na začiatku školského roka:
v New Orleans,
akú môže človek urobiť
že rozumieme jeho svätosti.
byť niekoho svedomím,
ako byť svojím,
down as if I didn't even notice.
akoby som si nič nevšimol.
pretože závora na
because the bolt on the lock
ktorú som si dal na ústa,
o obrazovku na svojom mobile
touching the screen on my Apple
those poor, unintelligent kids,"
neinteligentné deti.“
očividne potrebovali jej peniaze viac,
we needed her money
ktoré nehovoria.
v našich pľúcach.
Mlčanie je Katrina.
aren't enough body bags left.
keď nie je dosť vriec na telá.
ako sa zatiahne slučka.
Je to výsada. Je to bolesť.
okolo mojej nerozhodnosti.
že moji študenti vedia hovoriť
ako keby sa volali Thoreau,
one episode of "The Wire"
o mojich deťoch.
som mal mikrofón
je váš hlas?
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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