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Hip-Hop and School Culture

One of the hardest things I ever had to do as a teacher (and maybe as a grown man) was to detach my culture from …

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The Politics of Rap Lyrics – Part III

Kendrick Lamar’s “Complexion” – PART III   Kendrick rips into the second verse with lines like, “I got the world’s attention…so I’mma (sic) say somethin’ …

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On Complexion and Kendrick Lamar – Part II

Lamar articulately rhapsodizes about naivety in how society has constructed a hierarchy of violence based on the most uncontrollable form of one’s being – one’s …

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Hip Hop’s Layers of Meaning – Kendrick Lamar’s “Complexion”

K. Lamar’s narration of complexion is not too complex to put into context.   There has been no rapper who has taken it upon themselves to …

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Shattering Black Male Stereotypes

Despite experiencing a somewhat stifling time at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, I was afforded the tremendous opportunity to present in a …

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The Role of Hip-Hop in Education

In terms of the urban Black male, culture has a tangible correlation with academic excellence. But is it the student’s fault? Most would not argue …

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Classroom Hip-Hop

On Hip-Hop Pedagogy I feel that all the hip-hop albums I have ever listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly have …

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“No Role Modelz and I’m Here Right Now”

I was one of the lucky ones who were fortunate enough to get a job right out of teacher’s college. Living in my parent’s basement, …

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Matthew R. Morris is an elementary school educator, speaker, blogger, and Anti-Racism activist in Toronto. He is completing his M.A. in Social Justice Education at OISE and currently teaches 5th grade in the Toronto District School Board.

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