"School choice" may sound as harmless as a white winter hare to some and possibly empowering to others, but there's actually something much more sinister at play — anti-black racism. The underlying premise behind the national movement to provide vouchers for some students to attend private schools rather than public ones is that parents should have the final say on which school their children attend. However, the truth of the matter is that "school choice" is nothing more than a smokescreen for white flight. Ever since the Supreme Court decided unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that racially segregating public schools violated the 14th Amendment and was, therefore, unconditional, Americans have flirted with the idea of racial integration. However, despite the legal protection for this segregationist system crumbling in the 1950s, segregation persists.
Can You Smoke Yopo? Ayahuasca???s Grandfather
In 2008 the Erowid.org user Almega posted his experience smoking the seeds of Anadenanthera peregrina, also known as Yopo and considered Ayahuasca’s grandfather. If…