It’s been a while since my last post- a busy summer is to blame. I’m back now, though! When I first started my PhD, some folks thought I was engaging in topics that were too ‘science fiction.’ I was told not to touch the topic of genetics, education, class, and race – especially for aContinue reading “The Floodgates Have Opened”
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Teacher Perceptions Matter.
Teacher perceptions matter. In conducting research on teacher perceptions of intelligence, race, and socioeconomic status in relation to genetics, I am driven by a body of research showing that teacher viewpoints more strongly affect students of color and students living in poverty; they disproportionately and adversely affect students considered to be ‘at-risk’–namely low-income students and racially-definedContinue reading “Teacher Perceptions Matter.”
The Conversation on Inferiority
In May 1904, Francis Galton presented a public lecture to the British Sociological Society at the London School of Economics. His presentation was on eugenics, a term he’d coined only a couple decades earlier in 1883. Galton claimed that eugenics ought to be “introduced into the national consciousness, like a new religion” (Mukherjee, 2016, p.Continue reading “The Conversation on Inferiority”
Borders
I’ve haven’t posted anything in a couple of weeks. I’ve been busy trying to do some corrections to the first full-draft of my dissertation and then of course there was May Week in the midst of that. I am looking forward to having some more time to focus on strengthening my writing and thinking ofContinue reading “Borders”
Gifted Education
Gifted education is considered a form of special education. Giftedness is defined by the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC),[1] a national organization of parents and educators that advocates for gifted education, as: Those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievementContinue reading “Gifted Education”
Segregation is not a binary cab express
Hate and ignorance have not driven the history of racist ideas in America…racist policies have driven the history of racist ideas in America… The beneficiaries of slavery, segregation, and mass incarceration have produced racist ideas of Black people being best suited for or deserving of the confines of slavery, segregation, or the jail cell. (Kendi,Continue reading “Segregation is not a binary cab express”
Righteous Dopefiends: The Perpetual Cycle of Habitus
The “opioid epidemic” is not new, it is only when it begins to more widely effect White communities that it becomes a topic of interest for policy-makers and politicians. Communities of color have long suffered from addiction and exploited by Big Pharma.
Epistemic Privilege
Often when people of color talk about race we are made to feel crazy. We’ll feel like we’re being told: “It’s all in your head” “You’re just another angry Black woman” “You’re a reverse racist” “Race isn’t a problem, you’re making it one.” Sometimes we’re actually told these things directly. Sometimes I feel like IContinue reading “Epistemic Privilege”
