08 Sep 2019
last week, i heard a friend of mine is reading ibram x. kendi’s book, how to be an antiracist. it’s on my list but in the meantime, i just wanted to share a few frames that he highlights in the book (explored in an npr interview recently) that i think are super important. he’s not the first to say these things but they’re still SUPER important points. they’re so important, particularly because of the ridiculous newsmedia conversation some weeks back about whether or not donald trump said a racist thing.
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07 Sep 2019
just i did back in elementary school to learn words for the first time, i’ve been working on my own personal definitions for words i often use in my work. the logic from back then still holds: you are more likely to remember something when you find a way to make it your own.
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07 Sep 2019
earlier this week, julian and heather of the million person project released their book, how your story sets you free. i was gifted a copy by my dear friend, austin, yesterday, and i’ve been devouring it. my goal was to finish it before the personal storytelling for social change class i teach started today but i didn’t quite make it.
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07 Sep 2019
so this is a pattern that i’m writing about because three different people have randomly mentioned it in conversation with me in the past few weeks and i’ve also experienced some parts of it myself.
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