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.

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Malcolm London | Speaker | TED.com
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Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"

مالكولم لندن: ”ساحة التدريب للمدرسة الثانوية"

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الشاعر الشاب, المعلم والناشط مالكولم لندن يلفي شعره المثير أمام الصفوف الأمامية لمدرسة ثانوية. يخبرنا عن "محيطات من المراهقين" الذين يأتون للمدرسة "ولكن لا يتعلموم العوم أبدا," يخبرنا عن "الذكورة المقلدة من رجال نضجوا بدون صحبة آبائهم." جميل, وشعري و قاسي.
- 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 openفتح the doorsالأبواب to a buildingبناء
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في الـ 7:45 صباحا, أقوم بفتح أبواب لمبنى
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dedicatedمخصصة to buildingبناء, yetبعد only breaksفواصل me down.
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أن تهب نفسك لبناء لا يجعلني إلا منهارا
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I marchمارس down hallwaysالممرات cleanedتنظيف up after me everyكل day
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أتمشى في الممرات التي تصبح نظيفة بعد مروري
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by regularمنتظم janitorsعمال النظافة,
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بواسطة البوابين التقليديين
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but I never have the decencyآداب to honorشرف theirهم namesأسماء.
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ولكن لم أحظى بشيمة ذكر أسمائهم من قبل
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Lockersخزائن left openفتح like teenageسن المراهقة boys'أولاد' mouthsأفواه
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الأقفال تركت مفتوحة كأفواه المراهقين
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when teenageسن المراهقة girlsالفتيات wearالبس، ارتداء clothesملابس that coversأغلفة
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عندما ترتدي المراهاقات لملابسهن التي تغطي
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theirهم insecuritiesانعدام الأمن but exposesيفضح everything elseآخر.
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مفاتنهن ولكن تظهر كل شيء آخر.
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Masculinityذكورة mimickedحاكت by menرجالي who grewنمت up with no fathersالآباء,
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الذكورة المقلدة من هؤلاء من نضجوا بدون آباء,
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camouflageتمويه wornالبالية by bulliesالمتنمرون who are dangerouslyخطير armedمسلح
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المظهر الزائف الذي يرتديه المتمردين والمسلحون بشكل خطير
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but need hugsالعناق.
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ولكنهم في حاجة لحضن.
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Teachersمعلمون paidدفع lessأقل than what it costsالتكاليف them to be here.
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لم يمنح المدرسون مقدار تكلفة وجودهم هنا.
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Oceansالمحيطات of adolescentsالمراهقين come here to receiveتسلم lessonsالدروس
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محيطات من المراهقين يأتون لتلقي الدروس
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but never learnتعلم to swimسباحة,
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ولكن لم يتعلموا أبدا كيفية العوم,
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partجزء like the Redأحمر Seaبحر when the bellجرس ringsخواتم.
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جزء كالبحر الأحمر عندما يدق الجرس.
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This is a trainingتدريب groundأرض.
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هذه ساحة للتدريب.
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My highمتوسط schoolمدرسة is Chicagoشيكاغو,
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مدرستي الثانية هي ولاية شيكاغو,
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diverseمتنوع and segregatedالفصل بين الجنسين on purposeغرض.
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متنوعة وتفصل بين الجنسين عن عمد.
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Socialاجتماعي linesخطوط are barbedشائك wireالأسلاك.
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الفواصل الإجتماعية كالأسلاك الشائكة.
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Labelsتسميات like "Regularsالنظامي" and "Honorsمرتبة الشرف" resonateرن.
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مصطلحات كـ "العادي" و "الأوسمة" لها رنين.
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I am an Honorsمرتبة الشرف but go home with Regularمنتظم studentsالطلاب
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لدي الأوسمة ولكن أعود إلى البيت مع طلبة عاديين
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who are soldiersجنود in territoryمنطقة that ownsتملك them.
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الذين هم جنود في مقاطعة تمتلكهم.
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This is a trainingتدريب groundأرض to sortفرز out the Regularsالنظامي
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هذه ساحة تدريب للفصل بين العاديين
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from the Honorsمرتبة الشرف, a reoccurringتكرار حدوث cycleدورة
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و بين الموسمين, دائرة تتكرر
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builtمبني to recycleإعادة تدوير the trashقمامة، يدمر، يهدم of this systemالنظام.
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أنشئت لتدوير مخلفات هذا النظام.
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Trainedمتدرب at a youngشاب ageعمر to capitalizeالاستفادة,
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تدربت في صن صغيرة على ممارسة الرأسمالية,
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lettersحروف taughtيعلم now that capitalismرأسمالية raisesيثير you
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الرسائل علمتنا الآن أن الرأسمالية تعلي من قدرك
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but you have to stepخطوة on someoneشخصا ما elseآخر to get there.
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ولكنك في حاجة لدوس شخص آخر لتصل
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This is a trainingتدريب groundأرض where one groupمجموعة
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هذه ساحة تدريب حيث تكون هناك مجموعة
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is taughtيعلم to leadقيادة and the other is madeمصنوع to followإتبع.
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تتعلم أن تقوم بينما تتعلم الأخري أن تكون تابعة
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No wonderيتساءل so manyكثير of my people spitبصاق barsالحانات,
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لا عجب في أن الكثير من قومي
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because the truthحقيقة is hardالصعب to swallowالسنونو.
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ولأن الحقيقة من الصعب إبتلاعها.
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The need for degreesدرجات has left so manyكثير people frozenمجمد.
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الحاجة لدرجة علمية خلفت العديد في حالة ثبات.
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Homeworkواجب منزلي is stressfulمجهد,
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الواجب المنزلي يتسم بالضغط,
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but when you go home everyكل day and your home is work,
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ولكن عندما تعوب للبيت كل يوم ويكون واجبك هو المنزل,
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you don't want to pickقطف او يقطف up any assignmentsتعيينات.
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حينها لا تريد القيام بأية مهمة.
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Readingقراءة textbooksالكتب المدرسية is stressfulمجهد,
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قراءة النصوص يتسم بالضغط,
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but readingقراءة does not matterشيء when you feel
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ولكن القراءة لا تهم عندما تشعر
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your storyقصة is alreadyسابقا writtenمكتوب,
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أن قصتك قد كتبت بالفعل,
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eitherإما deadميت or gettingالحصول على bookedحجز.
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سواء كنت حيا أو على قيد الحياة.
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Takingمع الأخذ testsاختبارات is stressfulمجهد,
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المرور بالإختبارات يتسم بالضغط,
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but bubblingمحتدما in a ScantronScantron does not stop
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ولكن حالة الإحتدام في سكانترون لا تتوقف
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bulletsالرصاص from burstingانفجار.
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دوي الرصاصات.
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I hearسمع educationالتعليم systemsأنظمة are failingفشل,
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أسمع النظام التعليمي يتداعى,
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but I believe they're succeedingالنجاح at what they're builtمبني to do --
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ولكن أعتقد أنهم ناجحون فيما شيدوه ويقومون به --
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to trainقطار you, to keep you on trackمسار,
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ليدربوك, ليبقوك على المسار,
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to trackمسار down an Americanأمريكي dreamحلم that has failedفشل
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لتتبع الحلم الأمريكي الذي قد خذل
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so manyكثير of us all.
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العديد منا جميعا.
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(Applauseتصفيق)
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Translated by Ayman Mahmoud
Reviewed by Emad Ahmad

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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