Rigor vs. Liberation: Admitting When School Is Boring
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, […]
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No [Marginalized] History Month: Ethnic Studies All the Time!
Black History Month was never something which resonated with me as a student. As a young Black person, it was impossible for me to imagine that there could ever be […]
What’s Wrong with Being Militant?
The African American Studies program in which I majored at my university was founded–like countless other Black, Brown and Ethnic Studies Departments–as the result of student, staff and faculty organizing. […]
An Introduction: Why I Use the Word ‘Faggot’
As an undergraduate, I majored in African American Studies, I program which was chronically understaffed, underfunded and under-supported by my diversity-touting university. During one of my introductory courses, the professor […]
Radical Faggot 