It’s back to school time. I love this time of year. Late summer minutes are longer and shorter all at once. Each year, I hang on to the last tendrils of August, the earlier sunsets and cooler nights quickened in my romanticism. This is when I simultaneously dread and cannot wait for the first class sessions. I…
I recently accompanied my mother to an appointment with a neurologist. My mother was nervous about this medical interface. As a woman who taught herself English, she has never been one to enjoy the onslaught of perceived and actual filters that go up when the listening ear of the dominant culture hears an accent. She…
Important essay that speaks to the real desire for and then resultant backlash to decentering whiteness. Take-way: we need ethnic studies. Source: The Beginning and End of Ethnic Studies
“There are – there are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to, to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a less – a slower-track school where they do well. “One of – one of…
Originally posted on tressiemc:
The painful truth about hand-wringing over whether Affirmative Action “harms” racial minorities is that no one cares if Affirmative Action harms racial minorities. The faux concern for the well-being of poor put-upon non-white students who are promoted beyond their ability never extends to concern for the many more white students who…
Schools are one of the most historied and intractable locations of racialization in the United States. From the Bureau of Indian Education’s mission to ‘kill the Indian in him to save the man,’ to the ways that zero tolerance policies contribute to disproportionate expulsion of students of color, schools are raced and they racialize. They are…
Almost eleven years ago, Katrina hit New Orleans. Among the many radical impacts the storm had, public education ranks in the top. At first, it would seem that Boston, a city that ranks highly in educational achievement, has very little to learn from New Orleans. And yet, New Orleans presents a cautionary case study of…
As education and learning continue to be usurped by test score production and profit, the hunger strikers fighting for Dyett appeal to better senses of education as human and community right. On point commentary and weaving of information from Daniel Katz on these points. Source: #FightForDyett: What Would YOU Sacrifice for a Fully Supported, Fully Public School?
The op-ed below was written by a group of young people living in New Orleans. They conducted interviews, analyzed results, and wrote an essay to speak their truth about the city ten years after Katrina. Of note: the youth asked not to be identified personally or through any groups they work with, out of concern…
The reaction to Trump’s misogynistic xenophobia basically runs in two large directions: repulsed distance and righteous celebration. As much as his racist and sexist swagger are abhorrent, the moves to distance from him run the risk of missing why Trump’s messages of xenophobia have gathered traction at this moment as well as the deeply American…
Leigh Patel 
You must be logged in to post a comment.