By LaKeshia N. Myers As a teacher of American history, I teach my students that protest is an American concept. In fact, the power of protest is embedded in the fabric of our culture, so much so, that it has been used as a tactic in every social justice campaign since our country’s founding. However, […]
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A Throne of Lies
By LaKeshia N. Myers “The truth doesn’t cost anything, but a lie can cost you everything,” my mother said as she scolded me for lying about cutting my hair. I was seven years old and had come up with an elaborate tale about how one of my ponytails ended up significantly shorter than the other. […]
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Have You Seen My Childhood? The Silent Epidemic of Rapid Adultification of Black Males
By LaKeshia N. Myers “I just don’t know what to do, he’s so big,” I was stunned when she said it. Matter-of-fact, I was rendered temporarily speechless by the statement. I was acting as a new teacher mentor when my mentee, a young twenty-something white woman told me she was unable to effectively control her […]
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When Religion is the Weapon: Affirming Black Lives through a Religious Lens
By LaKeshia N. Myers My faith in God has been constant since I was a child. Attending church every Sunday was not a choice—it was required by my parents—because they felt my spiritual formation would be key in developing the values necessary to operate in the world. Understanding the role of religion and its usefulness […]
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Yes, Virginia, Kanye West is a Problem
By LaKeshia N. Myers “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds” (Church, 1897). Never in one million years would I ever fathom the ability […]
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For Us the Working: Why Unemployment Insurance is the New Frontier of Welfare Reform
By LaKeshia N. Myers I don’t particularly care for the term “welfare.” While promoting the general welfare of citizens is one of three guiding principles of the United States according to the preamble of the Constitution, the word has garnered a nefarious connotation in American lexicon. The United States Department of Health and Human Services […]
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Lincoln the Emancipator: The Civil War & the Continuous Battle Against Northern Negrophobia (Part 2 of a Two-Part Series)
By LaKeshia N. Myers My uncle George used to say, “Down South racism is out in the open; if a redneck tells you they don’t like Negroes, he means it. Up North, racism is more subtle, polite-like; they just don’t hire you, or if you get hired, they’ll give you one hell of a hard […]
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Lincoln the Emancipator: The Civil War & the Continuous Battle against Northern Negrophobia (Part 1 of a two-part series)
By LaKeshia Myers A few weeks ago, the Black Student Union at the University of Wisconsin demanded the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue. The students outlined many hard truths about Lincoln such as his policies pertaining to Native American tribes as well as his candor regarding emancipation of the formerly enslaved. However, many—including UW-Madison […]
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Pay Like You Weigh: The Cost of Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By LaKeshia Myers “Picture it, Wisconsin, 2020…teachers and students across the state are forced to return to classrooms. Local school boards attempted to put social distancing mechanisms in place; in anticipation they ramped up industrial cleaning of buildings, purchased masks for all students and staff and armed every teacher with Clorox wipes and Lysol spray.” […]
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A Mouthpiece for the Silent: How Ida B. Wells’ Crusade for Justice was the Blueprint for Black Lives Matter
By LaKeshia Myers I recently saw an advertisement for a PBS special celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of women’s suffrage. In the commercial, was a photo of Ida B. Wells, a journalist, who, during her lifetime chronicled the extreme racial violence and lynching that was perpetrated by whites against African American communities. After seeing the […]
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