Journal article
Reflections on Canonizing the Real: Recentering Youth Experiences in the Hip Hop (W)righting Workshop
Equity & excellence in education, pp 1-14
24 Jul 2025
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Abstract
This article draws from autoethnographic research conducted during the “dual pandemic” in the Hip Hop (W)righting Workshop — a Hip Hop literacy mini-course in an urban middle school in the Mid Atlantic United States. The author, a Black male English educator, builds upon Marc Lamont Hill’s (2009) concept of “canonizing the real” to engage in critical self-reflection on the ways his interests, experiences, and generational orientations jeopardized the Hip Hop (W)righting Workshop’s (The Shop’s) relevance and responsiveness to the social-emotional needs of Black youth. Findings highlight Hip Hop (W)righting pedagogies related to reconceptualizing the self as a “righting teacher first, writing teacher second;” building “otherbrother” teacher-student relationships; and reframing the curriculum from a history class on Hip Hop to a “lived” class on drill rap. This study is salient to pre- and in-service secondary ELA teachers and English educators who remain committed to the goals of culturally relevant teaching and learning amidst the era of “anti-wokeness.”
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- Title
- Reflections on Canonizing the Real: Recentering Youth Experiences in the Hip Hop (W)righting Workshop
- Creators
- H. Bernard Hall - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Equity & excellence in education, pp 1-14
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 14
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001536036000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105011767365
- Other Identifier
- 991022068183604721
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