Ratchetdemic

Reimagining Academic Success

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Ratchetdemic will inspire a new generation to be their authentic selves both within and beyond the classroom.”—GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan

A revolutionary new educational model that encourages educators to provide spaces for students to display their academic brilliance without sacrificing their identities


From the nationally renowned educator and New York Times best-selling author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Y’all Too


Dr. Christopher Emdin advocates for a new kind of student identity—one that bridges the seemingly disparate worlds of the ivory tower and the urban classroom.

Because modern schooling often centers whiteness, Emdin argues, it dismisses ratchet identity (the embodying of “negative” characteristics associated with lowbrow culture, often thought to be possessed by people of a particular ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic status) as anti-intellectual and punishes young people for straying from these alleged “academic norms,” leaving young people in classrooms frustrated and uninspired. These deviations, Emdin explains, include so-called “disruptive behavior” and a celebration of hip-hop music and culture.

Emdin argues that being “ratchetdemic,” or both ratchet and academic (like having rap battles about science, for example), can empower students to embrace themselves, their backgrounds, and their education as parts of a whole, not disparate identities. This means celebrating protest, disrupting the status quo, and reclaiming the genius of youth in the classroom.
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
Dr. Christopher Emdin is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum Theory and Professor of Education at the University of Southern California; where he also serves as Director of youth engagement and community partnerships at the USC Race and Equity Center. He is also Scholar/Griot in Residence at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He previously served as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education and Director of the Science Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. 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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Ratchetdemic will inspire a new generation to be their authentic selves both within and beyond the classroom.”—GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan

A revolutionary new educational model that encourages educators to provide spaces for students to display their academic brilliance without sacrificing their identities


From the nationally renowned educator and New York Times best-selling author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Y’all Too


Dr. Christopher Emdin advocates for a new kind of student identity—one that bridges the seemingly disparate worlds of the ivory tower and the urban classroom.

Because modern schooling often centers whiteness, Emdin argues, it dismisses ratchet identity (the embodying of “negative” characteristics associated with lowbrow culture, often thought to be possessed by people of a particular ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic status) as anti-intellectual and punishes young people for straying from these alleged “academic norms,” leaving young people in classrooms frustrated and uninspired. These deviations, Emdin explains, include so-called “disruptive behavior” and a celebration of hip-hop music and culture.

Emdin argues that being “ratchetdemic,” or both ratchet and academic (like having rap battles about science, for example), can empower students to embrace themselves, their backgrounds, and their education as parts of a whole, not disparate identities. This means celebrating protest, disrupting the status quo, and reclaiming the genius of youth in the classroom.

Table of Contents

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

Author

Dr. Christopher Emdin is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum Theory and Professor of Education at the University of Southern California; where he also serves as Director of youth engagement and community partnerships at the USC Race and Equity Center. He is also Scholar/Griot in Residence at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He previously served as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education and Director of the Science Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. 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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