Jack Byers

Documentary

Poetry Project

An image of a bookshelf, showing a range of books from science fiction to cooking.

(Freire, p.34)

“The act of studying always implies that of reading even if it is not reduced to it.”

An image of a Discord server, in which an account was banned for impersonating an Admin and breaking group rules.

(Freire, p. 77)

“The Act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits may be established, in which there are principles to be respected.”

An image of an open field space outdoors. It is surrounded in the distance by hills. There are few visible fences in the middle distance. It is green with low grass.

(Emdin, p. 17)

“To know and be yourself, and to exist in that place unapologetically and still feel and be equal to anyone else, is the dream. To get to that state of consciousness, every person must be able to identify the qualities that he or she is defined by – not the things we have or the credentials we hold but the things that define us – the things we love about ourselves and the things that resonate with the people who know and love us.”

An image of a Facebook post written in Irish. Responses are also in Irish.

(German, p. 79)

“The use of hip-hop, in particular, can be a revolutionary act. Because of its origins in the Black community (in partnership with the Latinx community), anti-Black sentiment keeps it in a sphere where many consider it to be unacademic.”

An image of a suburban street, looking down the sidewalk. The houses are generally uniform stretching into the distance.

(Freire, p. 124)

“We have been able, through a long human history, to distinguish ourselves, by our own decisions, as individuals among the whole of humanity, but still within the workings of society, without which we also would not be what we are. In truth, we are neither only what we inherit nor only what we acquire but, instead, stem from the dynamic relationship between what we inherit and what we acquire.”