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Dear Angry White People Burning Nike Gear: You’re on the Wrong Side of History
Angry white people are burning their Nike gear now that the sneaker company has chosen to feature Colin Kaepernick in an ad campaign, and if that’s not a sign of the immense privilege of America’s snowflake population, I don’t know what is. If you woke up today, and...
Beto O’Rourke Won the Internet by Taking a Real Stand on Racial Justice
Earlier this week, Beto O’Rourke, the Texas Democrat hoping to unseat Ted Cruz from the United States Senate, delivered a striking speech about the power and necessity of protest. During a question and answer session with potential voters, an audience member– who...
BREAKING: Black organizations and philanthropists are secretly meeting to create a plan for radically changing public schools
Theodore Roosevelt famously said: “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” According to a message I just received, some of our most prominent black leaders are about to put that saying into action on behalf of America’s 8 million black public school...
Want more black males in education? Stop dragging the ones who are already there when they disagree with your whack ass
What would you think if I sent you a black candidate for an education project whose background included experience as a public school principal in two urban districts, a past position serving as the deputy chancellor of special education for the DC Public Schools; a...
