The Politics of a Political Identity: The Multicultural Challenge
Recently, I have joined two communities: one which is very conservative and another which is very liberal. In both, I was vetted—the gatekeepers wanted to know more about what I may or may not bring...
View ArticleAre You Mad or Nah?
So I have been duly corrected by the younger generation on several occasions about the correct usage of the phrase, “Mad or nah.” While some of them think that I should drop the you, almost all of them...
View ArticlePublic Opinion Around Ed Reform
Recently a report was released by a poll conducted by Education Next on education reform. One of the compelling findings in the data is that the public is divided on who should define academic...
View ArticleThe Treatment of Reform in Black Spaces
A year ago, someone told me about a private conversation they had with another educator. In short, the conversation was about why (and ultimately how) Black children need to be controlled. It was...
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Politics and Education: Who Makes the Rules?
Recently, a former student called me to vent about the rules of married life and how these rules don’t match the vision that she has for herself as a change agent. As she talked about drowning in...
View ArticleThe Politics of Black and Female
In this episode, Empowerment Starts Here with Angela Walker. In it, she talks about the vocation to be human (as defined by Paulo Freire in the Pedagogy of the Oppressed [1970]). In the conversation,...
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