tag“politics”
What Black History Month means to me
2026 Feb 25
I was in high school during the 1980s. In a little rural town in Ohio where casual racism was perfectly commonplace. Black History Month had been around for 15 years, and people already loved to complain about “Isn’t EVERY month Black History Month?”
read the rest →The cowardice of the powerful: educational leadership in DEI
2026 Jan 03
Every year my institution measures faculty productivity by requiring us to submit a report of our annual activities. This year I noticed that two sections had silently disappeared.
read the rest →What can one person do?
2025 Feb 17
I never write poetry. But this one just spilled out.