Black Boy Privilege?
November 9, 2016
Let’s keep it real. Most do not understand. And for the many that do, the ability to articulate its implications is limited. Simply put,
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My Jordans
August 23, 2016
My Jordans remind me of why I got into teaching. They are a symbol of the complexity of my personhood. On one hand, you have
Being a Young Black Male Teacher
July 21, 2016
I’ve skirted from this topic for the longest time. I guess my preoccupation with fitting in to the career was part of my hesitation. Honestly,
Alton Sterling and Facts
July 7, 2016
Yesterday, my (black) friend took his 4-month-old baby to his (black) wife’s work yesterday. She works at a nursing home. One (white) senior, upon seeing
Shattering Black Male Stereotypes
June 13, 2016
Despite experiencing a somewhat stifling time at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, I was afforded the tremendous opportunity to present in a
A Letter to You, Martin Luther King Jr.
January 22, 2016
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
Three-Card Monte & the Ghettoization of Black Intellect
January 17, 2016
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
The School of Hard Knocks: Part Two
January 14, 2016
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
Learning from the School of Hard Knocks
January 12, 2016
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
Yale or Jail? What do you see?
January 8, 2016
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
Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.
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