Inclusion and “My Brother’s Keeper”
One criticism that has arisen about My Brother’s Keeper is that, by focusing solely on black…
Stopping Automatic Suspensions
So good news from the world of education. As the American Prospect’s Bryce Wilson Stucki reports,…
Do The Right Thing at 25
Do The Right Thing, one of the greatest movies of all time, turns 25 this week….
Tenure is Not the Problem
sonsandbrothers: A California court has struck down teacher tenure and seniority protections. The implications of this…
Representations and Reparations
American Theater Magazine’s Rob Weinert-Kendt writes about how a recently-closed play in New York’s contemplation of…
How Minorities Could Transform Political Power in the South
think-progress: If unregistered black, Hispanic and Asian voters registered, the South would look VERY different.
W.E.B Du Bois’s Indian penpal
Link: W.E.B Du Bois’s Indian penpal nprcodeswitch: Source:Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons In the 1940s, B.R. Ambedkar,…
Poetic Justice
think-progress: Why are so many Poets Laureate old, white, and male?
Washington’s Football Team Might Want to Ditch Their PR Firm
As a native Washingtonian, I cannot believe that I missed this story from last week about…
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
When the organizers of the publishing industry’s annual trade convention in New York City announced that…
Do Stereotypes of Black Criminality Change the Way We See?
Yesterday, I noted that, “Studies show that black men and boys are already heavily associated in…
Maya Angelou & Dave Chappelle
Rest In Peace, Maya Angelou, one of the greats. Here, Angelou and Dave Chappelle discuss art,…