Tag: black education

• February 2, 2022

  Why This Month Gives Me Anxiety

  

  Right now, all of social media on my side feels like a megaphone screeching at deaf ears and that reminds me of all the arguments I had with a toxic ex. I see all the posts of the dark sides of y’alls history. All the posts of “the liberation”. All the posts about y’alls microaggressions. […]
• May 13, 2020

  “Water For My Seeds” by Thierra Walker: Book Review

  

  Water For My Seeds is a collection of short essays that poetically describes the emotional growth that stems from Walker’s previous romantic relationships. This book gives us an incredible intimate view of the rigor required for emotional growth. Her words are fiercely transparent, as Walker challenges a point of view so few of us take […]
• January 10, 2020

  Why The Literary Cannon Needs To Be Changed

  

  The Literary Cannon is No Longer Accessible When I think of the public education system I think of a couple of things. 1)I think about how many people hate reading. 2)I think about how many people might’ve loved reading, if it weren’t for school. The irony, right?  English classes, from elementary school to middle school, […]