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: "High School Training Ground"

Malcolm London: Srednjoškolski poligon za trening

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Mladi pjesnik, edukator i aktivist Malcolm London izvodi svoju uzbudljivu pjesmu o životu na prvoj liniji srednje škole. On nam govori o "oceanu adoloscenata" koji dolaze u školu "ali nikad neće naučiti plivati", o "muževnosti koju imitiraju muškarci koji su odrasli bez očeva." Prekrasno, lirično, zastrašujuće.
- 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 openotvoren the doorsvrata to a buildingzgrada
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dedicatedposvećen to buildingzgrada, yetjoš only breakspauze me down.
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posvećene građenju, koja me razara.
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I marchožujak down hallwayshodnici cleanedočišćeni up after me everysvaki day
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Marširam hodnicima
koje za mnom čiste svakog dana
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by regularredovan janitorsDomari,
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obični domari,
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but I never have the decencypristojnost to honorčast theirnjihov namesimena.
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ali nikad nisam dostojan
poštivati njihova imena.
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LockersOrmarići left openotvoren like teenagetinejdžerski boys'dječaka mouthsusta
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Ormarići ostavljeni otvorenima
poput usta tinejdžera
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when teenagetinejdžerski girlsdjevojke wearnositi clothesodjeća that coverskorice
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kada tinejdžerice nose odjeću
koja pokriva
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theirnjihov insecuritiesnesigurnosti but exposesizlaže everything elsedrugo.
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njihove nesigurnosti, ali izlaže sve ostalo.
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MasculinityMuškost mimickedoponašao by menmuškarci who grewrastao up with no fathersoci,
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Muževnost koju imitiraju muškarci
koji su odrasli bez očeva,
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camouflagekamuflaža wornnosi by bulliesnasilnici who are dangerouslyopasno armednaoružani
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kamuflaža koju nose nasilnici
opasno naoružani
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but need hugsgrli.
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ali kojima je potreban zagrljaj.
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TeachersNastavnici paidplaćen lessmanje than what it coststroškovi them to be here.
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Nastavnici koji su plaćeni manje
nego što ih stoji da budu ovdje.
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OceansOceana of adolescentsadolescenata come here to receivedobiti lessonslekcije
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Oceani adolescenata koji dolaze po lekcije
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but never learnnaučiti to swimplivati,
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ali nikada ne nauče plivati,
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partdio like the RedCrveni SeaMore when the bellzvono ringsprstenovi.
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razdvoje se poput Crvenog mora
kada zvono zazvoni.
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This is a trainingtrening groundtlo.
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Ovo je poligon za trening.
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My highvisok schoolškola is ChicagoChicago,
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Moja srednja škola je Chicago,
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diversedrugačiji and segregatedsegregirani on purposesvrha.
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namjerno raznolik i odvojen.
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SocialSocijalne lineslinije are barbedBodljikava wirežica.
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Društvene linije su bodljikava žica.
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LabelsNaljepnice like "RegularsStalni gosti" and "HonorsPočasti" resonaterezonirati.
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Odjekuju etikete poput
'običnih' i 'naprednih'.
Ja sam napredan
ali kući idem s običnim učenicima
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I am an HonorsPočasti but go home with RegularRedovito studentsstudenti
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who are soldiersvojnici in territoryteritorija that ownsposjeduje them.
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koji su vojnici na teritoriju
koji ih posjeduje.
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This is a trainingtrening groundtlo to sortvrsta out the RegularsStalni gosti
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Ovo je poligon za treniranje
za razvrstavanja običnih
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from the HonorsPočasti, a reoccurringponovno pojavljivanje cycleciklus
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od naprednih, ciklus koji se ponavlja,
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builtizgrađen to recyclepreraditi the trashsmeće of this systemsistem.
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izgrađen da reciklira smeće ovog sustava.
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TrainedObučeni at a youngmladi agedob to capitalizevelikim slovom,
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Trenirani od mladosti da kapitaliziraju
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lettersslova taughtučio now that capitalismkapitalizam raisespodiže you
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slova koja vas sada uče
da kapitalizam odgaja,
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but you have to stepkorak on someonenetko elsedrugo to get there.
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ali morate pregaziti nekog
da do tamo dođete.
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This is a trainingtrening groundtlo where one groupskupina
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Ovo je poligon za trening
gdje jednu grupu
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is taughtučio to leaddovesti and the other is madenapravljen to followslijediti.
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uče da vodi a drugu da ih prati.
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No wonderčudo so manymnogi of my people spitpljuvačka barsbarovi,
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Ne treba čuditi što većina mog naroda
pljuje na mikrofonu,
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because the truthistina is hardteško to swallowgutljaj.
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jer je istina teška za progutati.
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The need for degreesstupnjeva has left so manymnogi people frozenzamrznut.
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Potreba za diplomama
zamrzla je mnogo ljudi.
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HomeworkDomaći is stressfulstresno,
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Domaća zadaća je stresna,
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but when you go home everysvaki day and your home is work,
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ali kada dođete do doma svakog dana
i vaš dom je posao,
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you don't want to pickodabrati up any assignmentszadatke.
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ne želite pokupiti nikakve zadatke.
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ReadingČitanje textbooksudžbenici is stressfulstresno,
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Čitanje udžbenika je stresno,
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but readingčitanje does not matterstvar when you feel
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ali čitanje nema smisla kada osjećate
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your storypriča is alreadyveć writtennapisan,
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da je vaša priča već napisana,
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eitherili deadmrtav or gettinguzimajući bookedrezervirano.
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bilo da ste mrtvi ili ste iza rešetaka.
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TakingUzimanje teststestovi is stressfulstresno,
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Pisanje testova je stresno,
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but bubblingmjehurića in a ScantronScantron does not stop
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ali stvaranje Scantron
testova ne zaustavlja
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bulletsgrafičke oznake from burstingpucanja.
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metke od pucanja.
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I hearčuti educationobrazovanje systemssustavi are failingnedostatak,
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Čujem kako obrazovni sustavi ne uspjevaju,
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but I believe they're succeedingsljedeći at what they're builtizgrađen to do --
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ali vjerujem da uspjevaju u onome za
što su napravljeni --
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to trainvlak you, to keep you on trackstaza,
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da vas istreniraju, drže na pravom putu,
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to trackstaza down an AmericanAmerički dreamsan that has failedneuspjeh
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da uđu u trag američkom snu
koji je iznevjerio
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so manymnogi of us all.
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toliko nas.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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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