Having the courage to walk away is an act of self-love and resistance.
They’ll try to convince you that it’s over without them, but the truth is, we just getting started!
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Or “diversity day” our way out of it either.
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We will not two day workshop our way out of systemic oppression
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What’s happening? 1500 assistant professors at UT Austin and Texas A&M plus more at other public colleges and universities are dusting off their resumes. This includes a significant number of faculty of color. Not a good week for #HigherEducation #academicfreedom #DEI #txlege
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Check out my latest on amplifying joy in Black maternity:
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"Our birthright is to have positive experiences and to live through them." popsugar.com/family/positiv
What are employers hoping to ascertain in having candidates submit diversity statements, when they themselves haven’t answered this question?!?!
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Having Black people submit a diversity statement, and, if hired, will essentially be the “diversity” that you’re trying to recruit into a predominantly white work environment (that most likely had an exodus of Black employees), is insulting and offensive. Stop this now.
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The racism of Black exceptionalism will not save our babies from experiencing harm.
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This type of narrative shouldn't have to be uplifted for the world to care about the tragic shooting this child encountered or the racism that brought it on. But before folks jump to smear this kid's character (as they do with all Black boys), recognize that he was one of the
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The inexorable fear, stress, and pain of parenting a Black child in America.
This is the weight of what we carry all the time, every day, our children are away from us.
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It’s maddening that protests had to occur in order for charges to be filed in what was so evidently clear.
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"Our birthright is to have positive experiences and to live through them."
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Black children deserve to be children. The adultification bias, anti-Black racism, and inhumanity experienced in schools and within society are all deeply connected.
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Been here before too many times to count as Black woman diversity director. Whew.
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Friend of mine (white man) has a colleague (black woman). Yesterday she offered an idea, and it was ignored. He waited ten minutes, then offered up, word for word, the exact same idea. Suddenly it was a good idea and worthy of consideration.
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we really have to talk about the very huge difference between 2020-2021 vs. 2023 as far as interest in protecting, uplifting, and supporting Black people. it’s like everyone did their performative marches and dipped
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What happened to Angel Reese is an example of what all too often happens to Black women in the workplace. There is always a double standard and price to be paid for showing up unapologetically, confident, and speaking up for yourself.
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Authors. Books. Classes. And, now leadership. All with one common denominator, Black.
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Thank you to for showcasing how to build bridges for the transformational mission of the school. “Leave the world better than you found it in our work with students’
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Facts. Those who profit off the labor of Black women are the first to tone police Black women.
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The only thing unprofessional about Angel Reese is that the 20 year-old generates revenue for her coaches, university, tv networks, and sports journalists, but doesn’t get paid a salary for her labor …
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Misogynoir has no bounds. I thought we wanted college women student-athletes to be dominant, fierce, and unapologetic on the court. Or, is that only reserved for some-tired of the double standard.
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"I'm too hood, I'm too ghetto. Y'all told me that all year. But when other people do it, y'all don't say nothing. So this is for the girls that look like me."
Angel Reese is unapologetically her 👏
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Yes, language is a powerful tool of the oppressor and oppression. I make this distinction when teaching the use of “slave” vs. “enslaved”.
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When I teach about chattel slavery in the US, I teach students that there's a difference between "being freed" and "being free."
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Thank you for speaking up and advocating for your players who are regularly subjected to lazy mischaracterizations by those who choose to further the narrative of the “angry Black woman” trope.
Connecting this to the experiences of Black women in the workplace.
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"We're not bar fighters. We're not thugs. We're not monkeys. We're not street fighters. ... So watch what you say when you're in public and you're talking about my team in particular."
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley had a message for the media.
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There is a lot of thought, deliberation and sacrifice that Black parents make in deciding to send their kids to predominantly white schools.
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Along with the enforced displacement of Black principals.
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Almost seventy years after Brown v Board almost 70% of Black children attend schools with a mostly students of color and 60% attend schools with high concentrations of poverty. One could argue that the only lasting effect of integration was the exodus of Black teachers.
I don’t want any apologies in private when you could’ve spoken up publicly.
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“As we consider the future and the potential for women in leadership, sponsorship is an essential method that must be utilized to bring about fundamental change.”
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DEI efforts could be furthered within schools, institutions, and organizations, if the focus was on outcomes instead of optics.
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If anything was learned from 2020, it is understanding the importance of owning the power of your voice. Many will try to silence you, but that’s because you walking in your truth exposes their mediocrity, failed leadership, and resentment for authenticity.
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Hey sis, remember to give yourself permission to disconnect.
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As I’ve been saying, time to retire the word, “minority”. Language matters.
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It’s not allowed in my classroom. We are not inferior to anyone.
Minoritized *
Marginalized *
Historically disenfranchised *
The oppressed *
Words mean things. Use the right ones when discussing my people. twitter.com/_CrystalMWatso…
Just like the word “woke”, there are a lot of people who speak as if they know what the acronym DEI means, when in actuality they have no clue what it means, its origins, and the systemic inequities it seeks to address. It’s not a catch-all phrase.
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