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Martin Luther King Jr

A Letter to You, Martin Luther King Jr.

You are right. I can be the change that I want to see. While none of us are held in physical captivity, the slave mentality …

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Three-Card Monte & the Ghettoization of Black Intellect

Or, Part Three Clearly, there are more questions about situated and contextual knowledge than answers. The hustler playing three-card monte on 6th Ave. may not have …

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The School of Hard Knocks: Part Two

We looked at this guy as a singular dealer, at this point, we should call him a hustler, and hedged our bets, based on conventional …

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Learning from the School of Hard Knocks

A Tale of the Ghettoization of Black ‘Smarts’   To end my last week of 2015, I took a trip to New York City. The busy …

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Yale or Jail? What do you see?

Seriously, ask yourself that question when you look at the picture of these boys. Do you see promising young students? When you look at these …

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How Schools Kill Black Boys

On Black male stereotypes Our current school system leaves Black boys set up in a way that is meant to deceive and ultimately fail them …

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The Popularity Contests

It was mainly my competitive nature that served me well as a student. I wanted to win at everything. I would turn every encounter with my …

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Drake Meek

Drake Meek Mill Beef: In the Classroom

“Back to Back” (a.k.a Part II) Its impact for Educators I am glad that Drake won this Drake Meek Mill beef thing. And it is …

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Educating the Drake Meek Beef

A few weeks back, Meek Mill now infamously went on a Twitter rant accusing Drake of not writing his own raps. Everyone who is somewhat familiar …

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Educating Black Boys

Because I’m Black I grew up in a community where the majority of people were minorities. I had an eighth grade teacher whose motto was, …

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Matthew R. Morris is an elementary school educator, speaker, blogger, and Anti-Racism activist in Toronto. He is completing his M.A. in Social Justice Education at OISE and currently teaches 5th grade in the Toronto District School Board.

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