Good White People and the Myth of Anti-Racism in Urban Education

In case you don’t know, I would like to start by naming that we are in the middle of a global pandemic. All of us. But for Black Americans and the students we serve in “underrepresented communities,” that reality is only one more thing to add to an ever-growing list of concerns. In case you don’t know, in the middle of a global pandemic, Black people are still feeling the weight of racial violence at the hands of the police, the state. In case you don’t know, your silence is so loud. Growing up, I heard my mama say “it’s always something.” It wasn't until I became both an adult and teacher that I started to get what it is she possibly meant. To put it simply, for black folk in America, “it’s always something” might simply mean “the odds seem to be always already stacked against me.” Or in the words of the fictional Florida Evans: “damn, damn, damn!” <a href="https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/how-white-supremacy-show-up-in-education-2723ad7d9302">Click Here</a>