21/08/2015
"If we’re just talking about the English language poetry scene, I think it’s really powerful for young people, because right now it’s dominated by older expat people who are definitely the most privileged people in the city and I think more and more you see young people and students and people of colour going in and getting involved in the poetry scene, that’s so powerful because I think there are so many things happening in the city that are so fu**ed up, like there’s such a huge hub for human trafficking, as you know the situation for foreign domestic helpers is so hostile…
There are tons of issues at play and I think young people are much smarter than we get credit for and have a really good understanding of what’s going on and sometimes when we speak it’s harder for established older people to take us seriously. But since poetry is a very cool artistic medium, when you perform a poem, first of all, nobody can interrupt you, so you get to say your own piece, because I think it’s really common when young people are speaking for older people to cut them off and try to educate them or fix their opinions. But when you’re doing a poem, nobody can cut you off, and you get to say your whole piece and I think it’s a really good way for us to prove that we have a voice, to say what we have to say because we actually see a lot of the things that are happening here, I think we have a valuable things to offer."
Rama Kulkarni, spoken word poet, student and feminist.
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