An Ode to Hip Hop
April 4, 2022
The hip hop albums I’ve listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly, have taught me more valuable life lessons and
Category: Hip Hop
Barbershops Near Me
October 5, 2021
The barbershops I go to now are just like the ones I went to when I was a teenager. Men that differ in age and
Hip-Hop and School Culture
January 29, 2020
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
Three Chains On
September 27, 2017
I usually come to work with three chains on, tucked in of course, a 60 gram Cuban link bracelet that I actually owned for years
Hip-Hop & Education: A Look Ahead
March 16, 2017
This past weekend I watched the documentary “Hip-Hop Evolution”. Like many hip-hop docs, the story chronicles the life of hip-hop from an underground niche art
The Politics of Rap Lyrics – Part III
June 27, 2016
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’
On Complexion and Kendrick Lamar – Part II
June 20, 2016
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
Hip Hop’s Layers of Meaning – Kendrick Lamar’s “Complexion”
June 15, 2016
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
The Role of Hip-Hop in Education
April 28, 2016
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
How Schools Kill Black Boys
December 6, 2015
On Black male stereotypes Our current school system leaves Black boys set up in a way that is meant to deceive and ultimately fail them
Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.
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you have to understand who you are before you are able to fully show up and thrive.
Read Morethis week’s read. im so looking forward to getting a bit of report card work done and then cracking this open. im not super big on blurbs, but this one hear came with some bars. https://t.co/nmFHJ75N6G
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create space to be yourself.
Read Morewhen i think about what black students have to navigate and survive in school systems i'm constantly struck by the reality that they experience every minute of the school day--the dichotomy of always either being unseen or overseen.
Read Morei'm wondering, do kids still use the term white washed? oreo? are those words still regularly sprayed at black kids who are simply trying to do well in school?
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