Wake Up Call by Malcolm "Mr. Diversity" London

From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2010
Length: 02:31

Malcolm is a junior at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago. He competed in the final round of competition in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry slam as an Indy poet. Malcolm says his poem is about, " violence in Chicago and how this problem needs to be solved but only if people are willing to wake up. Stop ignoring the problem and actually do something about it." Read the full description.

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Playing: Wake Up Call by Malcolm "Mr. Diversity" London
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Ltab2010_indy_london-tp_small Malcolm is a junior at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago. He competed in the final round of competition in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry slam as an Indy poet. Malcolm says his poem is about, " violence in Chicago and how this problem needs to be solved but only if people are willing to wake up. Stop ignoring the problem and actually do something about it."

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Malcolm is a junior at Lincoln Park High School in Chicago. He competed in the final round of competition in the 2010 Louder Than a Bomb Teen Poetry slam as an Indy poet. Malcolm says his poem is about, " violence in Chicago and how this problem needs to be solved but only if people are willing to wake up. Stop ignoring the problem and actually do something about it."