always, something deserves to be burned…~ from “Not an Elegy for Mike Brown” by Danez Smith I may not have understood the significance of phrases like white hate and generational racism when I was a […]
Category: Editorial
The Shot Heard Round the World: Zoombombing in the Era of MAGA/Covid
I would describe the bombers as “fraternity boys,” and I’m not saying this to perpetuate unsubstantiated stereotypes. I’ve been in higher education for just over 20 years, and I’ve seen some deplorable behaviors from fraternities […]
Attempting to Define My Relationship to Black History Month
If you’re an educator, you might be celebrating Black History Month by assigning Frederick Douglass or Sojourner Truth, maybe Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. If you’re not confined by district restrictions and reading lists, […]
