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Archive - September 2020

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Schools Are “Open” But Our Children Still Don’t Have Access To Them

September 30, 2020
by Zachary Wright
3 min read
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Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released a brief exposing the gaping digital inequities between those with and those without broadband access and the related impact on the city’s worsening unemployment...

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When Blackface is Worn in Schools

September 29, 2020
by Rann Miller
7 min read
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I know a few Black male teachers, however I know more Black male principals and vice principals. It’s not that more Black educators choose to be administrators over teachers per se. Rather it’s because Black male teachers are...

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Dear Students, Now That The 2020 School Year Kicked Off, Please Help Us Find Our Way

September 28, 2020
by Rann Miller
6 min read
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To the Tremendous Energy at the Start of an Unprecedented School Year Growing up, I attended a small Catholic grade school in East Camden. We were a small community, but a community nonetheless. At the start of every school...

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Black Lives Matter When Black Minds Do

September 26, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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By now the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks have permeated our national dialogue. That is to say, most white Americans can identify them as the latest victims of an unjust and violent policing culture in...

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Black Parents: Vanguards of Black Student Advocacy

September 22, 2020
by Rann Miller
6 min read
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Contrary to the stereotypes, education continues to be a value of the highest priority in the Black community; dating back to the underground schools in the Antebellum South where Black people, at the risk of losing limbs and...

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“Unintended” Messaging About Black (Male) Teachers

September 21, 2020
by Rann Miller
6 min read
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Teachers who establish meaningful relationships with their students should be celebrated and modeled after. However, social media has a way of turning any narrative on its head; making teachers overnight sensations for sharing...

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Principals, I Am Not Your Magical Negro

September 16, 2020
by Rann Miller
7 min read
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For many schools, having a Black man in their buildings often means having a disciplinarian in their school to supervise Black students, particularly Black male students. Sometimes, schools specifically hire Black men to dole out...

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A Love Letter to Black Parents in American Schools

September 14, 2020
by Rann Miller
7 min read
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Shortly after I proposed to my wife, our parents threw us an engagement party. There were a few standout moments from that day; my wife in her beautiful yellow sundress, it was the hottest day of the year, and a conversation my...

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Black Boys Don’t Need Saviors, They Need Believers.

September 11, 2020
by Jay Wamsted
8 min read
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White people need to watch the new film, “Black Boys.” There is only one problem—I am worried that it will prove to be a siren song to white people. It will call to them, reach out into their living rooms and through their...

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When Black Boys Aren’t Allowed to Be Boys

September 11, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
5 min read
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Do you know how it feels to almost drown? I will never forget that feeling. I was 7 years old and knew that I could not swim; still, I just had to dangle my feet into the pool’s deep end. The neighborhood prankster thought it...

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