– CLICK to listen now – This is the introduction episode to the series: What Do We Tell the Children?: How to Talk to a Child About Race and Identity. As your hosts (Ebony and Bibi), in this episode we introduce ourselves, speak on the highlights that stood out to us in the series, and
Colonization in education is when we enter the spaces and communities of students and insist that they acclimate to the spaces and communities we either come from or were taught to center in the university. A colonized education centers the cultural norms, experiences, and ethnic background of school leadership as the unspoken norm and the
I must say that I am not just grateful for the person I married, but for the journey in cultural intelligence that he has embarked on even years before meeting me and before his commitment to raise biracial and multiethnic kids. As it pertains to white folks, conversations about racial hierarchy or white supremacy can
Are you interested in learning about how to heal from trauma as a community? Do you want to authentically come together across difference? Are you thinking about how to have honest conversations about U.S. history? Are you, your organization or your community looking to become more equitable? Do you want to have meaningful and effective
Your teacher-smile says welcome to my new class To my home away from home But at my house where my parents live There are pictures of me in every room Pictures of my grandparents, too But not just pictures of my people, but of our stories Holidays, recipes, and music Even things and people we’ve
Sometimes I need a break from the boxes, labels, expectations, and my own damn fears… A break from being misunderstood, feared, then silenced, tokenized, and commodified… A break from being Christianized with something that lacks… even Christ… A break from organizing and reorganizing my compartmentalized selves, some neatly taped together at my school desk, but
At our nation’s inception, inequity continues to steal our collective wealth and progress, destroy the well-being of our families and communities, and abuse the intellectual and physical bodies of our children. However, it is our focus on policies and structural powers, not race or class polarities, that will ensure the precision and efficacy of our
I hear the child ask me who she be and where she come from Child, my pekin,’ close your eyes and I will take you… See your hands, your fingers even, with the rings of mama on each See your feet, with diamond inlets in leather slippers crafted by your daddy’s courts See your hair,
The academic achievement gap doesn’t just weigh on families. Teachers who are committed to more than just proving the numbers wrong also want to transform the lives and opportunities of students of color. They enter the profession of teaching with energy and enthusiasm but some become disillusioned, jaded, or frustrated often with school administration or
The grass is not greener on the other side even if that side is Western literature, culture, tradition, and education. I will not teach my brothers, sisters, and children of color to travel away from home to drink from foreign wells and deceive my people to believe that the wells of their own homelands did
Either your child attends homeschool or a private, charter, or private school, the curriculum, history, and literature that your child may be digesting could be primarily white. This is not always but is often the case for most families of color even causing them to switch schools more than white families in an attempt to
So, it happens every year, either I’m homeschooling or in my own classroom of 20 students… I am excited and nervous! I’m excited to be with children, especially my children, but I’m also nervous because I know teaching is not simple or smooth. It’s like a rollercoaster with more ups than downs in my opinion.
My People chose weakness and greed Over unity and generosity, Dark, sun-kissed kings gifted human lives for umbrellas and trinkets, Thereby nurturing the weeds of sexism over equality, Prophesying thorns of self-hate over black love. My People chose fear and weapons Over bravery and babies, They preferred ignorance over knowledge, God’s wrath over His
For those who (on most days) truly love raising up children and students to reach their highest heights, you have come to the right place. Much like you, I found myself increasingly dissatisfied with the ongoing disparities in education and access. Like you, I was concerned about the ways policy-makers and educational systems hinder the
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