Dear Miguel: I appreciate your use of the word “ally” and your reference to making the transition from a student activist to (now) this new position in the educational landscape. I am sure your ally-ship is […]

hi Lucy: I appreciate your critical analysis of Duncan-Andrade’s ideas, both about Maslow and about the continued focus on individual achievement. As I was poking around on the Internet yesterday in search of […]

Hi Tarilyn: Your post really resonated for me, especially the role of funders (public and private) in perpetuating the deficit narrative/logic, often requiring potential grantees who trying to advance positive […]

Hi Jess, thanks for highlighting this section from Moten and Harney! I’m so interested in their idea of the “social” and “institutionalized” being: I’m thinking of Moten’s quote, from I think a different text, […]

Keshia, thanks for this post! I think about this a lot because many of my students in the Queens College Education program are Caribbean or Caribbean origin, either Black or Indo-Caribbean, and when we talk about […]

I appreciate this historical point about Howard University, Lucien – a Black university is not (only) about demographic composition, but (also) about centering Blackness is all areas of university life – but that […]

hi Lucy: I am so happy that you focused on that IRB problem/process, a phenomenon that keeps cropping its nasty head in New York City. Your observation made me think about whom the IRB process is trying to […]

hi Lindsay: I love your thoughtful and multi-faceted response. Your question about who supported Johnson throughout his efforts to support his students, their families, and his staff is such a great one–I hope […]

hi Kushya: I loved your reply, especially the idea that “teachers and parents need to band together in order to make systemic change.” I would like to offer a friendly amendment and add “students” to the work […]

Dear Mariatere: Like Kushya and Jordan, I want to comment on your thoughts about the potential role of community centers–the kind that have deep roots in their communities as well as leadership from those […]