The various Occupy movements which have garnered widespread support and mainstream media attention over the past year have been exciting and heartening to watch and participate in. They have also […]
A Black Studies professor whom I had in college, who radicalized me profoundly and inspired my love of Ethnic Studies, was also one of my least favorite teachers. His courses, […]
I returned to live at home this year for many of the same reasons that so many of my post-grad peers did the same, and was looking for education related […]
Body image is something I find myself preoccupied with often, and almost always in the contexts of my Black and queer identities. As a queer man, I am bombarded with images […]
1. Freewrite: At the start of the lesson, the statement “Nothing About Us Without Us” is written up on the board. Ask students to take five minutes and write a […]
I was watching a sneaker ad on TV the other day, one reminiscent of most ads geared towards young demographics. It featured a montage of different twenty-somethings doing different activities–deejaying, […]
I interviewed at a graduate program for urban education this past week. The program is housed in an elite private university, which I was encouraged to apply to because of […]
One of my best friends lives in a small, post industrial mill town in Western Massachusetts. The city is mostly Black and Latin@, with high unemployment and one of the […]
Struggling myself don’t mean a whole lot, I’ve come to realize/that teaching others to stand and fight is the only way my struggle survives.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon, Sweet Honey […]
“If your house ain’t in order, you ain’t in order.” – Toni Cade Bambara The recent rounds in the debate over universal healthcare in the US have resparked old arguments […]
Radical Faggot 