Sixteen Hundred Below
In 2012, after the 2nd election of President Obama, I posted he had lost Hill District votes since 2008 and in reviewing Hill District voting data from the Allegheny County Elections Division, the...
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Standing Rock & Negro Removal #NoDAPL
Thanksgiving Day and sickened and angry about the physical, cultural, economic violence being perpetrated by Energy Transfer Partners against the #StandingRock Sioux Tribe and the more than 300...
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Lentil Walnut Burgers
So, I like to cook a little bit and after seeing the film Forks over Knives at the behest of my DP and good friend, Chappale Burton, I’ve been on a vegan diet. Started as a 30 day thing, but I may hang...
View ArticleKujichagulia and teaching Chattel Enslavement by Kufere Laing
Habari Gani?! On the day of Kujichagulia – self -determination, “To define the world in our own image and interest, placing African people and our history and culture at the center of our worldview and...
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Ujamaa Review: Slavoj Zizek’s “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce.”
As President Obama leaves office, it was a strange walk down memory lane to read Slavoj Zizek’s “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce”, a 160 page, relatively easy to read book published around the time...
View ArticleDeVos’s Appointment is the Latest Attack on Public Education
In the recent days following the confirmation of Besty DeVos as Secretary of Education, I have seen a great deal of social media posts critiquing both DeVos’s nonexistent experience in public education...
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We Are All Neoliberals Now
Before U.S. Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, was Betsy DeVos, she was Elisabeth Prince, older sister to Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, the private security (military) company. (Shouts to my...
View ArticleBlack Teachers and Black Students: The Unromantic Love Story
From Thursday to Saturday, I attended Teach For America’s African American Corp Member Summit, where about 200 2nd year Black TFA corp members convened to share their experience as black educators....
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The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Researching Inequities in Pittsburgh Arts...
Very excited about The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council forming a Learning and Leadership Committee to study issues of equity in funding for the arts in greater Pittsburgh, both current and historical....
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Reading Marx’s Capital
This is my current reading project. My eldest son, Kufere, gave it to me for Christmas at my request. And boyeeeeee: Long sentences. Long paragraphs. 19th century economics. The piece is about 800 pp...
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