Sports saved my life I am weary of wading into the political waters of positioning sports in a savior role in relation to our Black …
Black Boy, Interrupted II
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 …