The Racist History of The Academy at Mcateer and Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
<p>While I’m reflecting on the systemic racism that has led to my exploitation, I am also thinking about how the district keeps using “antiracist healing practices” as a center of the work during this pandemic, and how I keep seeing people from Central Office quote Bettina Love, author of <em>We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom</em>. In fact my administrators used a clip of Dr. Love, Dena Simmons, and Gholdy Muhammad from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZ3RPJ2rNc" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">summer panel </a>they did to “frame and guide our work for the year.” This district really wants you to believe they are committed to antiracism.</p>
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