Whenever anyone brings up MLK as a reason to not protest injustice, I know right off the bat that person knows almost nothing about the man and what he believed. King and the SCLC is as revolutionary now as they were 50 years ago.

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Bertrand Russell

I spent a year of my life between 12 and 13 living in a “war zone” where every days news headline blared a body count of innocent civilians being attacked and killed by political thugs with automatic weapons for just residing in a specific neighborhood. I thought about that yesterday for the first time in a long time…

If a school with only a 71% English proficiency and 50% math proficiency (like this #476 school has) is considered ‘good,’ then we’re screwed. Especially since the definition of proficiency is ‘what a student is expected to know.’ That means this ‘good’ school is failing to educate half the kids who attend it.

Republican in the front, skinhead in the back.

Sadly, critical thinking for a young black man has ALWAYS been considered “insolence” by some.

It’s always interesting to me when “honesty” is referred to as “rudeness.” Especially when you consider this is a journal entry — journaling is usually a device used to encourage students to be reflective. He reflected and called “bullshit” on her lesson. So now a 9 yr old actually using his brain is rude? Funny how…

Your screen-name is ironic b/c I have to ask “are YOU really listening?” This kid is pointing out the inherent white-supremacy that still lingers in school curricula across the nation and his teacher is expressing disappointment in his obvious critical thinking skills. Perhaps as a teacher (who would rather that he…

I’d like to take this time to talk about Thomas Jefferson being trash. Sally Hemings was his dead wife’s 14 year old half sister who looked nearly identical to her and who was part of his inheritance from his father in law. She was away from home and though technically free in Paris, was fully at the mercy of the of…

Dear Michael, where can I find and befriend some non-racist white people? And where can I get the winning PowerBar ticket number? And the cures for cancer, HIV, diabetes, IBS, and the common cold?

“Why not use this day to clapback at everyone who fucked with you during the week?”