Nothing that’s happened in the last week has deterred us from the original mission and vision of Being Black at School…
There’s a lot of history missing from textbooks. The first time I read Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen, I remember being furious. There was so much I didn’t know.
This post is shared, with permission, by my friend Addye. It’s a narrative we don’t hear often enough but we’re starting to and this is an effort to get the narrative focus back where it belongs: with the words, thoughts, and feelings by people who live those experiences.
There are a few sentiments I hear expressed on a regular basis from adults of my generation. Perhaps I should be more specific in where these comments originate: from white adults of my generation. Perhaps I should also mention that I am a…
You don’t have to look far to see that the school system is not fair to Black children…