Stuck in the Machine of Education, Part II Black boys, like myself, try for years to interrupt the arresting box of urban Black identity in clever and chameleon ways. …
Classroom Hip-Hop
On Hip-Hop Pedagogy I feel that all the hip-hop albums I have ever listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly have …
Black Boy, Interrupted
Stuck in the Machine of Education, Part I If the Black boy was striving for acceptance amongst his peers as validation for his Blackness, …
Barack’s Blackness
The Detriments of Debating Over Blackness I was on a mini-vacation visiting some old friends who had recently moved to Montreal. After a meal one …
How to talk like a Teacher
Teacher Talk I have been conducting heavily “teacher-instructed” lessons these last few days. I have spent a large majority of many of those periods talking, …
Do Black boys have to embody Carlton Banks in order to be taken seriously in schools?
Urban Masculinity in Schools During the long weekend my girlfriend and I went to visit a long time friend who recently moved to Montréal with …
The Super Bowl, Richard Sherman and perpetuating the myth of “The American Dream”
The American Dream Myth Since it’s Super Sunday, I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts on football, race, and life. And especially my thoughts …