ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Malcolm London - Poet, performer, activist
Young spoken-word poet Malcolm London has been called the "Gil Scott-Heron of this generation" (by Cornel West). His feisty, passionate performances take on the issues of the day, including the Chicago education system in which he grew up.

Why you should listen

This poet wields a dynamic spirit for speaking engagements utilizing his feisty and passionate performances as words of encourage for next generations to tell their stories. In 2011, Malcolm London won the Louder than a Bomb youth poetry slam in his native Chicago, scooping the top award as both individual performer and with a team. The poet, performer and activist has performed on stages throughout his home city as well as across the United States. A member of the Young Adult Council of the prestigious Steppenwolf Theater, London brings vim and vigor to his energetic performances tackling tough contemporary issues head-on. He wrote & directed a spoken word0infused play responding to the Zimmerman verdict called Two Years Later, and 

London attends University of Illinois at Chicago & is a member & co-chair of BYP100 Chicago Chapter, a national organization of black activists & organizers. Deeply interested in working on ways to improve the national education system, London regularly visits high schools, youth jails, colleges and communities to work with students on writing workshops and performances. London is currently devoted to being a youth advocate & coordinator of The Know Your Rights Project out of Northwestern Law School, a project dedicated to educating young people on their rights within the juvenile justice system, & continuing his work as teaching artist on staff at Young Chicago Authors, a program working to transform the lives of young people by cultivating their voices through writing, publication and performance education. His work has been featured on national outlets including CBS, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Root, and the Chicago Tribune.

More profile about the speaker
Malcolm London | Speaker | TED.com
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Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"

Malcolm London: Lise eğitim alanı

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Genç şair, eğitmen ve aktivist Malcom London, liselerin ön sıralarındaki hayat ile ilgili kafa karıştıran şiirini canlandırıyor. Okullara gelen "gençlik okyanuslarının" , "asla yüzmeyi öğrenemediklerini" anlatıyor, "babasız büyüyen erkeklerin erkekliği taklit ettikleri" bir yerde. Güzel, şiirsel, ürpertici.
- Poet, performer, activist
Young spoken-word poet Malcolm London has been called the "Gil Scott-Heron of this generation" (by Cornel West). His feisty, passionate performances take on the issues of the day, including the Chicago education system in which he grew up. Full bio

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At 7:45 a.m., I openaçık the doorskapılar to a buildingbina
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Saat 7:45, inşa etmek için hizmet veren bir binanın
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dedicatedadanmış to buildingbina, yethenüz only breakssonları me down.
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kapısını açıyorum, ancak beni sadece yıkıyor.
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I marchMart down hallwayskoridorlar cleanedtemizlenir up after me everyher day
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Her gün ardımdan sıradan hizmetlilerin temizlediği...
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by regulardüzenli janitorskapıcılar,
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koridorlardan aşağı yürüyorum,
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but I never have the decencyterbiye to honorOnur theironların namesisimler.
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ancak isimlerini onurlandıracak terbiyem asla olmadı.
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LockersDolap left openaçık like teenagegenç boys'çocukların mouthsağızlar
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Dolaplar, genç kızların güvensizliklerini örten ancak...
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when teenagegenç girlskızlar weargiyinmek clothesçamaşırlar that coverskapaklar
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geri kalan her şeyi sergileyen kıyafetler giydiği...
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theironların insecuritiesgüvensizliği but exposesortaya çıkarır everything elsebaşka.
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zamanlardaki oğlanların ağzı gibi açık.
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MasculinityErkeklik mimickedtaklit by menerkekler who grewbüyüdü up with no fathersbabalar,
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Erkeklik babasız büyüyen erkekler tarafından taklit ediliyor,
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camouflagekamuflaj wornsöz konusu ürün by bullieszorbalar who are dangerouslytehlikeli armedSilahlı
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tehlikeli şekilde silahlı ancak kucaklaşmaya ihtiyaç duyan...
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but need hugshugs.
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zorbaların kamuflajı olarak.
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TeachersÖğretmenler paidödenmiş lessaz than what it costsmaliyetler them to be here.
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Öğretmenlere, burada olmalarının kendilerine getirdiği zarardan daha azı ödeniyor.
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OceansOkyanuslar of adolescentsGençler come here to receiveteslim almak lessonsdersler
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Bir okyanus dolusu ergen buraya ders almaya geliyor...
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but never learnöğrenmek to swimyüzmek,
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ancak asla yüzme öğrenmiyor...
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partBölüm like the RedKırmızı SeaDeniz when the bellçan ringshalkalar.
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zil çaldığındaysa Kızıl Deniz gibi ayrılıyorlar.
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This is a trainingEğitim groundzemin.
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Burası bir eğitim alanı.
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My highyüksek schoolokul is ChicagoChicago,
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Benim lisem Chicago,
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diverseçeşitli and segregatedayrılmış on purposeamaç.
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farklı ve bilerek ayrılmış
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SocialSosyal lineshatlar are barbeddikenli wiretel.
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Sosyal bağlar dikenli teldir.
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LabelsEtiketleri like "RegularsDüzenli" and "HonorsOnur" resonateyankılamak.
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"Normaller", "Onurlular" gibi etiketler yankılanır.
Ben onurlulardanım,
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I am an HonorsOnur but go home with RegularDüzenli studentsöğrencilerin
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ama eve, onlara
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who are soldiersaskerler in territorybölge that ownssahibi them.
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sahip olan bölgelerin askerleri olan "Normal" öğrenciler ile gidiyorum.
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This is a trainingEğitim groundzemin to sortçeşit out the RegularsDüzenli
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Burası bir eğitim alanı, normalleri üstünlerden ayırmak için,
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from the HonorsOnur, a reoccurringyeniden oluşmasını cycledevir
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bu sistemin çöplerini geri dönüştürmek için
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builtinşa edilmiş to recyclegeri dönüşüm the trashçöp of this systemsistem.
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oluşturulmuş tekrarlayan bir çark.
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TrainedEğitimli at a younggenç ageyaş to capitalizebüyük harfe çevirme,
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Genç yaşta kapitalist olmak öğretiliyor,
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lettersharfler taughtöğretilen now that capitalismkapitalizm raisesyükseltmeler you
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eğitim bize öğretiyor ki kapitalizm bizi yükseltir,
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but you have to stepadım on someonebirisi elsebaşka to get there.
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ama yükselmek için başka birinin üzerine basmamız gerekir.
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This is a trainingEğitim groundzemin where one groupgrup
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Burası, bir grubun liderlik etmek...
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is taughtöğretilen to leadöncülük etmek and the other is madeyapılmış to followtakip et.
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diğerininse takip etmeyi öğrendiği bir eğitim alanı.
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No wondermerak etmek so manyçok of my people spittükürük barsBarlar,
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İnsanlarımın çoğunun bu parmaklıkları tükürdüğüne şaşırmamak gerek,
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because the truthhakikat is hardzor to swallowyutmak.
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çünkü gerçekleri yutmak zordur.
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The need for degreesderece has left so manyçok people frozendondurulmuş.
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İyi notlara sahip olma gerekliliği bir çok insanı hareketsiz bıraktı.
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HomeworkEv ödevi is stressfulstresli,
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Ev ödevleri, stresli,
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but when you go home everyher day and your home is work,
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ama hergün eve giderken, eviniz iş ise,
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you don't want to pickalmak up any assignmentsatamaları.
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herhangi bir ödev almaya gönüllü değilsinizdir.
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ReadingOkuma textbooksders kitapları is stressfulstresli,
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Ders kitapları okumak stresli,
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but readingokuma does not mattermadde when you feel
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ama okumak önemli değil, hikayenizin önceden
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your storyÖykü is alreadyzaten writtenyazılı,
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yazıldığını hissediyorsanız.
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eitherya deadölü or gettingalma bookedayırtıldı.
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ölü veya halen yazılıyor olsa da.
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TakingAlma teststestler is stressfulstresli,
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Sınavlar stresli,
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but bubblingköpüren in a ScantronPusulası does not stop
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ama bir sabun köpüğünde yaşamak
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bulletsMadde işaretleri from burstingpatlama.
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kurşunların ateşlenmesini durdurmayacak.
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I hearduymak educationEğitim systemssistemler are failinghata,
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Eğitim sistemlerinin başarısız olduklarını duyuyorum,
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but I believe they're succeedingbaşarılı at what they're builtinşa edilmiş to do --
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ama inşa edildikleri konuda başarılı olduklarına inanıyorum --
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to traintren you, to keep you on trackiz,
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sizi eğitmek için, sizi yolda tutmak için,
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to trackiz down an AmericanAmerikan dreamrüya that has failedbaşarısız oldu
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başarısız olmuş bir Amerikan rüyasını takip etmek için,
çoğumuz için başarısız
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so manyçok of us all.
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hepimiz için.
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(Alkışlar)
Translated by Okan KILIC
Reviewed by Firat S.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Malcolm London - Poet, performer, activist
Young spoken-word poet Malcolm London has been called the "Gil Scott-Heron of this generation" (by Cornel West). His feisty, passionate performances take on the issues of the day, including the Chicago education system in which he grew up.

Why you should listen

This poet wields a dynamic spirit for speaking engagements utilizing his feisty and passionate performances as words of encourage for next generations to tell their stories. In 2011, Malcolm London won the Louder than a Bomb youth poetry slam in his native Chicago, scooping the top award as both individual performer and with a team. The poet, performer and activist has performed on stages throughout his home city as well as across the United States. A member of the Young Adult Council of the prestigious Steppenwolf Theater, London brings vim and vigor to his energetic performances tackling tough contemporary issues head-on. He wrote & directed a spoken word0infused play responding to the Zimmerman verdict called Two Years Later, and 

London attends University of Illinois at Chicago & is a member & co-chair of BYP100 Chicago Chapter, a national organization of black activists & organizers. Deeply interested in working on ways to improve the national education system, London regularly visits high schools, youth jails, colleges and communities to work with students on writing workshops and performances. London is currently devoted to being a youth advocate & coordinator of The Know Your Rights Project out of Northwestern Law School, a project dedicated to educating young people on their rights within the juvenile justice system, & continuing his work as teaching artist on staff at Young Chicago Authors, a program working to transform the lives of young people by cultivating their voices through writing, publication and performance education. His work has been featured on national outlets including CBS, NPR, The Huffington Post, The Root, and the Chicago Tribune.

More profile about the speaker
Malcolm London | Speaker | TED.com

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