#25: "Declaration" by Tracy K. Smith
I'm getting ready to teach Beloved by Toni Morrison, and part of the unit includes front-loading thematic and historical tex…
#24: Part 2: Standard English Grammar is a Tool for White Supremacy
In her essay, “The End of White Innocence,” Cathy Park Hong writes, “English was not an expression of me, but a language that was…
#23: "So You Want to Talk About Race" Review
As part of a class that I'm taking, we were required to read and then write a review of So You Want to Talk About Race by …
#22 Eve Ewing's "I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store"
The following poem was written by Eve Ewing and published in Tin House in 2018. Have you ever read a poem without figurative lan…
#21: Grammar is a tool of white supremacy
I've been swimming and sinking these last two weeks, adjusting to online teaching. I've added, and added, and added to t…
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