“Hispanics” don’t value education?

Ok I don’t have the time to really get into this right now but I need to say something right now. I was listening to Herman Badillo speak on C-Span earlier and though he mentioned many substantially sound things, he also said something that I couldn’t believe. He had the nerve to say that Hispanics [...]

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On Whiteness and Allies continued…

This response I had to copy from a very informed and straight forward guy that was in my White Studies class I took a few terms ago. I couldn’t have given a better response to this question myself; in fact, I couldn’t get off the floor from laughing so hard when I read it. The [...]

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A response excerpt from my Sociology of Education class…

          Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital refers basically to all the sets of beliefs, practices, ways of thinking, knowledge, and skills passed on from ones social class; the idea is that certain cultural behaviors or norms carry along with them certain stratified value. These behaviors also give certain groups advantages in their ability to navigate [...]

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Why Can’t We?

          For years I’ve heard people say, “you guys use the N word, why can’t we?”. This same theme happens with other people of color. For instance, Latinos don’t like it when people other than Latinos use terms that are traditionally derogatory towards them. Being that I work with middle and high school students, I [...]

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Class: Black Studies 410: White Studies; reflection two

Reflection Two…
Were the ways that you were taught about your history such that fit and/or conflicted with the standard versions?
I was especially intrigued by the last section of the DVD, “Race: The Power of an Illusion”. In other readings, I’ve run across the name of one of the sociologists who spoke in the film, Melvin [...]

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About Jeremiah Wright: more than soundbites

I wish I had the platform to present the truth about Jeremiah Wright to every American and those around the world that have been duped into believing what the media has caste and postulated onto people worldwide. Right now is an extremely busy time for me, but I can’t wait until I can. I have [...]

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A reflection from Math Methods 510 and a good resource for teachers

The book, Rethinking Mathematics: Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers is a solid resource. Examples of some of the activities in it include but aren’t limited to exercises like Historical, Cultural, and Social Implications of Mathematics, “Home Buying While Brown or Black”, Sweatshop Accounting, and Chicanos Have Math in Their Blood. Teaching mathematics in the [...]

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Are low-income urban students taught to fail?

“As racial isolation deepens and the inequalities of education finance remain unabated and take on new and more innovative forms, the principals of many inner-city schools are making choices that few principals in public schools that serve white children in the mainstream of the nation ever have to contemplate….Curriculum materials are allegedly aligned with governmentally [...]

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Do I see a hint of internalized oppression?

I’ve already provided my take on the concept or socially constructed idea of “Standard” English (in the post below this one), but I feel it very necessary to comment on the clear-cut statements Rachel L. Jones makes.  First of all, let me assert that Jones is a very capable communicator and she represents a group [...]

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Standard English? Whose standard?

          Over the past few years I’ve realized that I don’t support the notion of Standard English. I mean, I don’t like using the term; I think it’s an inaccurate term, especially for me as an African-American. A few years ago I did a cursory examination of when this idea became socially acceptible and it seemed to [...]

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