Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

The Hip Hop Pedagogy and Innovative Prose of Rakim Allah

September 15, 2017September 18, 2017 Richard D. Benson II hip hop, music

It was the summer of 1986 in Chicago, and my eleven-year-old self was engaged in an intense debate with my

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The Troubled History of School Choice

September 2, 2017September 6, 2017 Erica Sterling education, education reform, law, Policy Demands

One of the most contentious debates in contemporary education reform is school choice. With the president’s $20 billion campaign pledge

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White Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History

July 27, 2017July 31, 2017 Guest Poster academia, ethnic studies, pedagogy, race, racism, racist ideas, teaching

by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled “In

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The Unjustly Disadvantaged: African American Life and Political Philosophy

July 1, 2017July 7, 2017 Paul C. Taylor black politics, poverty

Can academic philosophy be a resource for understanding and enriching African American life? A growing contingent of students and scholars

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Ideas in Unexpected Places: Why a Marketplace Intellectual Life Still Matters

May 23, 2017May 25, 2017 Davarian Baldwin #AAIHS2017, black intellectual history, conference

This post is a condensed version of Davarian Baldwin‘s keynote address at the 2017 AAIHS conference at Vanderbilt University. ***

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