Racism
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Nazis in the GOP
Trigger Warning: This post contains images of neo-Nazis and discusses topics of racial hate, murder, and violence. You can tell a lot about the meaning of language based on the supporters of that language. For example, recently, Jason Aldean made a music video for one of his latest songs that caused quite a bit of Continue reading
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What is Equity in Education?
Equity is a topic that has been on everyone’s minds and lips lately and it has caused quite a lot of debate about what the term actually means. Here is the prevailing definition: Equity is the purposeful unequal distribution of resources in order to obtain equal outcomes. At first glance, that statement seems unfair. When Continue reading
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Anti-Racism Starts with I
A lot of people are now sharing memes, videos, and posts about how appalled they are. They are expressing sadness and outrage at the horrendous murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. I see a lot of fingers being pointed. Pointed at the police and the officer himself calling them racist. And to be completely honest, Continue reading
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Can we talk about holidays? Again
Every year, starting around Halloween it never fails that some teachers get their long underwear in a bunch over not being able to celebrate their holidays like the “good ole’ days.” Ladies and gents, I have seen every flipping argument in the book. From it’s my culture to it’s a free country, it never fails that Continue reading
The Life Argotic 