melinda d. anderson

@mdawriter

freelance education journalist reporting on the intersection of race & • em dash queen • Black history nerd • black—as in Black people—is a capital B

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    18 May 2018

    “The schools we go to are reflections of the society that created them. ... Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.” ― Assata Shakur, “Assata: An Autobiography”

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    May 11

    We keep advising y'all to listen to black women and y'all keep doing the opposite. If only NT had followed instructions 😂

    I see others made this point but it bears repeating. Because some of y’all are so legalistic 🙄 and being obtuse. Natasha Tynes snitched not because a Black woman was eating on Metro—she snitched bc Black woman told her “worry about yourself.” (iow: eff off & mind your business!)
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    May 11
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    Normally I don't call for teachers to be fired. But, these teachers should be fired. And the principal needs to go too. They all have No business being around kids.

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  4. May 11

    Nothing angers non-Black ppl like a Black person who doesn’t gaf about them or their opinions. If Black woman/Metro employee had apologized for eating on train/packed up meal, Natasha “Snitch” Tynes wouldn’t have tagged WMATA for breaking rule. It was never about eating on train.

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  5. May 11

    I see others made this point but it bears repeating. Because some of y’all are so legalistic 🙄 and being obtuse. Natasha Tynes snitched not because a Black woman was eating on Metro—she snitched bc Black woman told her “worry about yourself.” (iow: eff off & mind your business!)

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  6. May 11

    “POC solidarity is often upheld by Black people, but not maintained by others within.” 🔥💥⚡️ This is the gospel—from the good book of

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    May 11

    "People of color" like Natasha Tynes is the reason why I make it a point to directly name Black people within the spectrum, because there is anti-Blackness within people of color in totality. POC solidarity is often upheld by Black people, but not maintained by others within.

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    May 11

    In 2016, a Black teen girl was arrested & assaulted by Metro Transit Police for entering a train station w a lollipop. Natasha Tynes' harassment of a Black woman eating is backed by both the risk of losing her livelihood & a real threat of state violence.

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    May 11

    Just got caught up on the Natasha Tynes situation. I am amused that people are worried about her career, but not the blue collar worker she aimed to take down.

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    May 11

    Very psyched for Rodney to speak to high school students who plan to be teachers at our conference in Dallas in June.

    “I Represent a Group of Teachers Who’ve Never Been Given the Stage” National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson on being a Black man in education
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    May 11
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    Yes, and since they’re readily identifiable, they need to be permanently disallowed from the teaching profession.

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    May 11
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    They're disgusting.

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  13. May 11

    And just that fast, the Young Scholar™️ has completed his first year of college: ✅🙏🏾 Blessedly, he had a good year! 🙌🏾📚❤️ This summer will be interesting. Learning to parent an adult is a work in progress. Thankfully he’s patient—and gently checks me when I overreach. 👀🙈 lol

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    May 10

    Many California families apply to receive subsidized child care. But the slots are limited and the wait can last for years. Between her two younger children, Jacquelyne Gettone has been waiting for MORE THAN A DECADE. via

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    May 10

    Today in a rapidly gentrifying Seattle neighborhoods, I spoke to some white folks who heard gunshots and cries for help but stayed at a bar patio to drink. Blocks away, I witnessed a largely black community mourning the loss of a young man in that shooting

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    May 10

    If, like me, you're struggling to get something done today, read this delightful piece about Rhonda E. Davis, valedictorian. She is 60, a Philly grandma & aspiring writer who triumphed, joyfully, over challenges.

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    May 10

    The new national report showing growth of segregation and the neglect of good ideas for using choice + civil rights policies to produce educationally successful integrated schools

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    May 10

    The biggest class indicator I experienced in college (i.e. how I knew I was poor and uncultured) is learning - to my shock - that others do not consider Olive Garden a fancy restaurant

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  19. May 11

    Meanwhile, aspiring woke white teachers and their Black mentors wanna and disrupt virulent racism by public school teachers with online book clubs. Yeah. Okey-dokey.

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  20. May 11

    A white middle school teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota, is on leave after referring to her Black students as “f*cking niggers.”

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  21. May 11

    Photos surface of teachers at a California elementary school laughing, smiling, and posing while holding a noose. “While the student body at Summerwind is about two-thirds Black and Latino, the teaching staff does not reflect the population being served.”

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