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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by smooth
except frosstbyte, and I think you're making some really interesting points so far, what if the reality is that "education is not the way to survive and get respect from your peers"? what if that's actually true and realistic? then the issue is not at all the hip-hop culture, regardless of who is or is not paying attention to it, but the reality of the situation on the ground.
and this can be taken in the context of structural racism...or it can be taken in the rubber meets the road sense of how effectively a textbook protects a student from another's physical violence.
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but isn't that about valuing the idea of education to come from the community? or is it that we have to force it upon them to protect them from themselves?
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