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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.79,0:00:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Here, in America and every single state,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.66,0:00:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have a set of standards for every subject, a collection of lessons that the teacher's required
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.65,0:00:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach by the end of the term.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.39,0:00:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the greatest lessons you will ever teach us will not come from your syllabus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.18,0:00:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) The greatest lessons you will ever teach us you will not even remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.21,0:00:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You never told us what we weren't allowed to say. We just learned how to hold our tongues.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.50,0:00:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Now somewhere in America there is a child holding a copy of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.54,0:00:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Catcher in the Rye' and there's a child holding a gun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.44,0:00:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But only one of these things have been banned by their state government,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.64,0:00:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not the one that can rip through flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.14,0:00:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) It's the one that says "'Fuck You" on more pages than one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we must control what the people say,how they think and if they want to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.19,0:00:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become the overseer of their own selves
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.95,0:00:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) then we'll show them a real one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.19,0:00:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) And somewhere in America
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.95,0:00:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a child sitting at his mother's computer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.82,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) reading the home page of the KKK's website
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.42,0:01:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's open to the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.04,0:01:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that child will have never read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.11,0:01:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) because his school has banned it for it's use of the 'N' word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.51,0:01:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maya Angelou is prohibited because we're not allowed to talk about rape in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.74,0:01:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) We are taught that just because something happens
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.09,0:01:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean you are to talk about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.33,0:01:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They build us brand new shopping malls
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.06,0:01:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) so that we'll forget where we're really standing--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.30,0:01:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ON THE BONES of the Hispanics,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.03,0:01:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ON THE BONES of the slaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.90,0:01:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ON THE BONES of the Native Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.62,0:01:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ON THE BONES of those who fought just to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.68,0:01:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.76,0:01:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transcontinental railroads to Japanese internment camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.58,0:01:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) These are things missing from our history books.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.98,0:01:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we were taught that it is better to be silent than to make them uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.03,0:01:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Somewhere in America
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.24,0:01:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private school girls search for hours through boutiques
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.66,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find the prom dress of their dreams;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while kids on the south side spend hours searching through the lost and found
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.08,0:01:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) 'cause winter's coming soon and that's the only jacket they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.61,0:02:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kids are late for class for working the midnight shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.31,0:02:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) They give awards for best attendance but not for keeping your family off the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.43,0:02:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These kids will call your music ghetto. They will tell you you don't talk right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.78,0:02:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they'll get in the backseat of a car with all their friends
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.20,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) singing how they're "'Bout that life" and "We can't stop."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.60,0:02:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Somewhere in America
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.39,0:02:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,schools are promoting self confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.95,0:02:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) while they whip out their scales and shout out your body fat percentage in class.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.22,0:02:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where heftier girls are hiding away
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.24,0:02:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the slim fit beauties can't help but giggle with pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.74,0:02:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The preppy kids go thrift shopping because they think it sounds real fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.82,0:02:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) But we go 'cause that's all we've got money for 'cause mama works for the city;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.13,0:02:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mama only gets paid once a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.63,0:02:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Somewhere in America
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.69,0:02:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a girl is getting felt up by a grown man on a subway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.34,0:02:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's still in her school uniform and that's part of the appeal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.39,0:02:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to run in knee socks and Mary Jane's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.49,0:02:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) and all her male teachers know it, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.86,0:02:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coaches cover up star players raping freshmen after the dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.33,0:02:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women are killed for rejecting a date
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.74,0:03:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God forbid I bring my girlfriend to prom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.18,0:03:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A girl is blackout drunk at the after party.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.57,0:03:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a picture before her wounds wake her.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.71,0:03:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) How many pixels is your sanity worth?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.15,0:03:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's a 4.0 to a cold jury?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.38,0:03:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) What'd you learn in class today?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.20,0:03:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't walk fast. Don't speak loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.82,0:03:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep your hands to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.93,0:03:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Keep your head down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.99,0:03:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep your eyes on your own paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.65,0:03:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't know the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.70,0:03:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) fill in C.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.23,0:03:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always wear ear-buds when you ride the bus alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.90,0:03:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I you feel like someone's following you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.08,0:03:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) pretend you're on the phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.52,0:03:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A teacher never fails.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.43,0:03:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Only you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.73,0:03:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) Every state in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.70,0:03:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(all) The greatest lessons are the ones you don't remember learning.