Black Lives Matter
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Show Me Your Work
This week marks the beginning of Black History / Futures Month. As a Black educator I am both excited and hesitant. For the past few years, this time of Black celebration has been first marked by building up walls around cheap narratives for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day in January. Black people remind the…
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Teacher Reflection: May/June
I haven’t been in the mood to reflect on teaching online. Part of that is because of the way this all has happened, it’s not really teaching in my opinion, and another part of that is because I’ve been overwhelmed by adjusting to being at home full-time and paranoia about COVID spread. And now the…
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Racism like Death
This past Sunday, I sat in the Evreux cathedral, contemplating. I anticipated the moment when a woman or man would come down the aisle with a small basket and look me in the eye, waiting for a donation. I, like always, would refuse them. But why? Why could I not donate even a cent? Why…
The Alvearie 