Uptown Notes

For the past few years, I have been diligently working on issues of inequality in well-resourced school settings. My book […]

This morning, another piece of my writing on education reform and “Waiting for Superman” was posted on theRoot.com. This is […]

Recently, a firestorm surrounding Shirley Sherrod erupted. A spliced video of her speech ended in her force resignation from the USDA and condemnation by the NAACP. Following the debacle, there were multiple editorials and comments about the failures of the NAACP. While I completely agree the NAACP and USDA failed to respond appropriately to Sherrod, I don’t think the picture that has been painted of the NAACP is accurate or contemporary. Beneath I offer some reasons why and what it means for movement building.

Let me get it out of the way: I wasn’t the biggest fan of Pac’s music. I am the dude […]

On February 10th, I had the pleasure of joining an esteemed set of scholars for the 143rd Founder’s Day Symposium […]

“History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is […]

And one of them is not the use of the word Negro which has BEEN appearing, including on the 2000 […]

This is my reflection on Imani: Faith… Faith is often thought of in a religious and spiritual way. Having grown […]

This is my reflection on Nia Purpose “To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order […]

This is my reflection on the principle of Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics… The title of the post is a variation […]