How Schools Kill Black Boys
December 6, 2015
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
Category: Masculinity
Sports Saved My Life
April 30, 2015
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
April 21, 2015
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
April 14, 2015
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
April 6, 2015
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
March 30, 2015
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
“Imagine That: Flipping the Script on Black History Month”
March 2, 2015
Time to Revise Black History Month? Black History Month, African Heritage Month, or whatever politically correct term is in vogue at the present time, is
How to talk like a Teacher
February 26, 2015
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?
February 17, 2015
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”
February 6, 2015
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
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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