“Black History, Uncensored” focuses on works by Black creators targeted by GOP bans. To kick off the monthlong series, we're highlighting late Black feminist icon bell hooks. (via The ReidOut Blog)
Since that period, people who’ve been cast to the margins of society by the United States’ racist, classist and sexist power structure have clawed their way into the national dialogue, asserted the value of their perspectives, and demonstrated that the story of America cannot be earnestly told without them.. They peddle fanciful tales of America’s white dude founders being colorblind liberators, stories of enslaved Black people enjoying their violent bondage, and other racist myths.
The self was presumably emptied out the moment the threshold was crossed, leaving in place only an objective mind—free of experiences and biases. There was fear that the conditions of that self would interfere with the teaching process. Part of the luxury and privilege of the role of teacher/professor today is the absence of any requirement that we be self-actualized.
To me, the passage speaks to the underlying purpose of conservatives’ education crusade: to create willful idiots. To prevent students — no matter their race, religion or gender classification — from learning about themselves, how their ancestral history has shaped the world, and how they can set upon making positive, equitable change.
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