A revolutionary new educational model, part philosophy and part pedagogy, encouraging educators to provide spaces for students to display their academic brilliance without sacrificing their identity.
Bestselling author and educator Christopher Emdin advocates a new identity and sensibility for educators which bridges the seemingly disparate worlds of the ivory tower and urban classroom. Highlighting the major inequities in urban education, Emdin argues in favor of a simple solution: that being "ratchetdemic," or both ratchet and academic (like having rap battles about science) can empower students to embrace themselves, their background, and their education. Originating from hip-hop, "ratchet" refers to the way individuals describe themselves and embrace aspects of who they are - qualities that are often demonized. Modern schooling, Emdin argues, dismisses ratchet identity as anti-intellectual and punishes youth for straying from the academic norms. Emdin explains these deviations include so-called "disruptive behavior" and celebration of hip hop music and culture, which leaves young people in classrooms frustrated and uninspired. Ratchetdemic reclaims the word, and proposes an alternative model to education that centers those who do not fit into established academic paradigms.
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Christopher Emdin is professor and program director of Science Education in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also serves as associate director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education. The creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement and the Science Genius program, he is the author of the New York Times bestseller For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood . . . and the Rest of Y'all Too and Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation. Connect with him on Twitter @chrisemdin or on his website, www.chrisemdin.com.
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Foreword: "I Am a Ratchetmom" by jessica Care moore
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Dr. White
CHAPTER 2
Oreo
CHAPTER 3
Ratchet as Tool
CHAPTER 4
Ratchet as Being and Freeing
CHAPTER 5
Elevators, Haters, and Suckas
CHAPTER 6
Cages and Conditioning
CHAPTER 7
Clones
CHAPTER 8
Soul Wounds and White Gauze
CHAPTER 9
Frenemies and Energy
CHAPTER 10
Toward Healing: A Cure for Impostor Syndrome
CHAPTER 11
The Get Back
CHAPTER 12
Restitution Over Rescue Missions
Discussion Questions
Notes
Index