“We must stop expecting the vulture that is the United States to behave like a dove. No one is coming to save us. We must save ourselves. We must invest in ourselves, not as a trend but as a generational lifestyle. “
Black People Know How to Educate Black Children
“We take food scraps and make feasts. We take tattered cloth and make beautiful tapestries. We tap into the creativity, ingenuity and intelligence that are part of our DNA. Our long history of excellence, perseverance, overcoming and being underestimated has always included educating our children.”
“Time: One of Homeschooling’s Most Precious Gifts”
“Homeschooling is fertile ground for the seeds of curiosity, inquiry and problem solving to be nurtured and for our children to become the people God created them to be.”
“Slavers Gonna’ Slave” What Are You Going to Do?
“I offer Black people a different strategy: Don’t play their game. As difficult as it may be, choose to ignore that game and develop your own micro-strategy to advance Black people. Identify and keep working on your strategy.”
Discrimination is Thriving in Western Prince William County’s Piedmont Neighborhood
“Based on the way the neighborhood’s 22-year-old administrative resolution is written it is clear what types of residents and business owners are deemed worthy to live and own a business inside its gates and which are not. Piedmont’s desire to maintain a neighborhood of white, professional residents is baked into its laws.”
Sometimes Getting Black Children the Education They Deserve Means Breaking Up with Public School – Part III – 70 Years After Brown, Why Are We Still Begging ?
“Our students don’t have to have their identity minimized and their self-esteem marginalized to have a high-quality education but we must be willing to break up with the public school system to give it to them. We must be willing to prioritize our children’s education by collectively investing time, talents and money and by working together.”
Sometimes Getting Black Children the Education They Deserve Means Breaking Up with Public School: Part II: The Agony of Surrendering Hope
“To describe my feelings as disappointment would be an understatement; what I feel and have felt for a long time is heartbreak. Not because I believed in the educational system but because I believed in the power of individual educators to disrupt the system and create conditions that benefitted Black children.”
Sometimes Getting Black Children the Education They Deserve Means Breaking Up with Public School – Part I
“Imagine your Black child learning in an environment that was lovingly and carefully curated for them by you and other like-minded community members. Think of how your child will grow in conditions that were set up for him/her to succeed? “
Give Us Barrabas!
“On the other hand, Barrabas, had been imprisoned for murder and for his involvement in an insurrection against the Roman government. He had nothing to earn the people’s vote and yet he secured it.”
American Minstrel Shows Were Also Considered “Funny”
“White supremacy infects every area of human life including so called “comedy” even if we are unable to see tangible evidence. This manifestation of white supremacy allows racism to be more palatable but is no less lethal. It also allows its perpetrators to distance themselves from their evil deeds and justify their abhorrent behavior in the name of “fun.”