by admin | Jun 8, 2008 | Black Family, Education, Gender and Politics |
My mother called me last week with the story of the white Morehouse valedictorian. I didn’t think the story important enough to write about, because on its face the story reminded me of the not so famous White Tiger. We’ve got all types of stories about...
by admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Education, Urban Politics |
“Why couldn’t we be a site for an alternative energy school? Why wouldn’t we be a training school to support the rail industry? Why wouldn’t we have a design school to look at mass transportation? Why couldn’t we train students in...
by admin | May 1, 2008 | Black Family, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Education, The Mass Media |
This video runs long, but is worth it if you’ve the time. Watch it and tell me that any of the candidates has EVER spoken to these issues. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A[/youtube]More here.
by admin | Dec 13, 2007 | Black Leadership, Education, Urban Politics |
The last post was uncited because I received its contents from an email I received. But I now know who the author is, and what he’s doing. Phillip Jackson is the Executive Director of The Black Star Project. Although as I noted in a response to him I think his...
by admin | Dec 11, 2007 | Black Family, Black Power, Education, Gender and Politics, Racial Politics, things that make you go hmm |
Got this from a brother on a listserv:America has lost a generation of Black boys There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of Black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics,...
by admin | Dec 7, 2007 | Education, The Mass Media, things that make you go hmm, Urban Politics |
I assigned a midterm for my urban politics class that had the students go into Baltimore and write about their perspective. Here is a video that some of the students made about their experience. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGBFd3X_hfs[/youtube]
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