Prophetic Stories of Freedom
I am currently reading Freire's (1998) Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage. Freire (1998,p.19) states "the foundation stone of the whole educational process is human curiosity. The curiosity leads us to question, know, act, ask again, and recognize." So hip hop and rap has always irritated my ears. One of my teenage daughters listened to it for some time and it annoyed me to no end. All I could think was it promotes violence, misogyny and all things I don't want my teenager to do! So when I watched the Prophetic Stories of Freedom Ted talk, I was forced to question my mental model about race and music. In the talk, Whiteman discusses how she uses the pedagogy of hip hop to motivate Black and African American students. What is so intriguing is her sharing of poetic lyrics and how they speak to chasing one's dreams, sacrificing for one's dreams, and finding the art that speaks to one's life. Through listening to talk, I have reflected and again asked myself why I don't like hip hop. In myself, I recognize my negative mental model of race that needs more reflection.
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