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Hispanic Heritage Month & Black Resistance

Black resistance is central to the Black experience in the United States and throughout the African diaspora. According to Herbert Aptheker, Black resistance took...

Say Her Name… Correctly

Kamala (Comma-La) Harris is the Vice President of the United States. She is also the Democratic candidate for president of the United States. Certainly, she...

The Religion of Whiteness

Louisiana is the first state to mandate that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments be in every classroom; from Kindergarten to higher education...

Reflections from a Biracial Teacher on Black Identities

My Dad was born in Trinidad. My mother is Polish and British. I was born with this beautiful complicated ancestry. I am an immigrant....

We Have Professor Rayguns In The Non-Profit World

Beware of the "Rayguns" breaking things in the nonprofit sector  The memes, reenactment reels, and jokes are coming in with Lylesian speed after Rachael "Raygun"...

DEI IS THE NEW N-WORD

The terms/acronyms “woke,” “DEI,” and “CRT” are used in a derogatory way, interchangeably, as a coded language to signify or designate a Black person...

The Importance of Finishing

We live in a very results-driven society where finishing isn’t enough. In other words, how one performs often matters more than simply completing a performance....

You Are Expected To Forgive And Forget All Racial Acts

In June, a father interrupted his daughter’s graduation by storming on stage to stop a handshake between his daughter and the school superintendent. The...

Black Jobs in Education

At the first presidential debate, former president Donald Trump remarked of immigrants that, "They’re taking Black jobs and they’re taking Hispanic jobs and you...

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