About this episode

This episode discusses the connection between the school system and the prison system, inspired by the lyrics of a conscious rap song.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I am your host, Neo Griot. This week’s episode is titled comes from the lyrics from the song “They’ Schools” by dead prez, the full lyrics I want to quote are: Why haven't you learned anything? Man that school shit is a joke The same people who control the school system Control the prison system, And the whole social system Ever since slavery, know what I'm sayin'? That title comes from the spirit of conscious rap, where Black artists hav...

People in this episode

Host: Neo Griot

Topics covered

• education
• prison system
• social justice
• conscious rap
• Black culture

Keywords

• school system
• prison system
• social system
• conscious rap
• Black artists

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Books & works: They' Schools

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