Hegemonic schooling practices are set up in a way that is meant to deceive and ultimately fail Black males in the long run, no pun intended. …
The Fresh Prince Syndrome: Track 1
I came of age in the ’90s. A time when instead of explicit forms of racism, Black males, like myself, developed alongside illustrations painted by …
New School Year’s Eve
It is the weekend before a new school year starts, and until I wrote that I honestly did not realize the gravity of this. I …
Lifelong Learner
One characteristic that is often preached about by administrators and teacher’s college professors is that the good teacher is the lifelong learner. It is important that teachers …
The Thin Line Between Discipline and Vulnerability
I am not a father but I assume raising children is tough. I may be proven wrong by my own experience one day but I …
How to Handle Summer Break
The last day of school is a faint memory now, even though it happened about a week ago. My somewhat agitated reality of having two …
The Curious Case of Lavar Ball
If you’ve been following any basketball over the last little while you’ve heard about outspoken Lavar Ball and his trolling antics concerning his son, Lonzo. …
Jordan Manners, 10 Years Later
It’s been exactly ten years since Jordan Manners was shot and killed inside a school in Toronto. After noticing this on my twitter feed, I …
Boys Learn Differently…
Boys do learn differently. So, what next? I put on a movie to start first period. It was a documentary about the history of …
Decoding Our Dress Code Policies
Have you ever looked through a school’s dress code policy and then pictured the type of student that said policy would affect? Of course you …