Tag: liberation
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Poem 5.23.23: My Last Day, Would Be in Bed-Stuy
My last day Alive was in Bed-Stuy. I felt like an “I” back in Bed-Stuy.Bro, the birds really flyout in Bed-stuy. I ain’t gone lie. I thought “I I could die” here in Bed-Stuy. I thought I was cry,leaving Bed-Stuy.
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Poem 5.18.22
I’m transforming again- this time I’m breathing through it. Breathing in. Breathing out. Praying out. Going in. I prayed to be broken, to keep my heart open. We’ll rub the scars with lotion;keep the soul, anchored mind, leave body go. Got lost in;Found my breathin us-ratea (اسرتي),Papa& um-me (امي). From kennels if remorse,water, son of…
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Poem 3.15.22 – The Business Practices of an Entrepreneur after Experiencing Police Violence & generational Terror
A long time ago I was made to hate myself. Before then I was unmade, in a matter of words/hours/actions. Prior to then, I was criminally incomplete, but I was unbroken. Not all at once, but later eventually,once I hated myself— hated my voice, my teeth, my face, and tears— those I despised. hated my…
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Poem 3.15.22 – Ally, You?
We are not our ancestors& nor are you?Where the fuck see the allies?!?Like can we get a head count? I meant of the pre-destined noose-less necks!I’m-so fatigued with caring white,I’m done with not movin/being force to move. I’m sick&I’m I’ll. I’m healed&I’m powerful, still. I’m winning &I’m unbothered, you? You any waitfor the badto be…
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Poem 3.15.22
I could never give you all of me,I learned, and unlearned,and relearned,again.I could never give you my dreams. I knew the fear. But I didn’t see the nightmare. I planted. I grew. I sang. I knew. I saw. I, you. One space was always an absolute. One heart was always a beat. One time was…
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The Power | No Justice…No Pie, No Justice…
No peace. Yesterday was 3.14, March 14th— pie day to most math-heads and nerds. Today is March 15th, two days and two years after Breonna Taylor was murdered by a police officer, while she was sleepin in her apartment. Yesterday was 3.14, and for Tracy and Sybrina, they’ve spent 10 years forgettin a day mathematicians,…
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Poem 2.28.22: Black to the Future
Heaven aight up there.Less moonshots please,more clean pots pipelines leading cleanwater to soil, Sons &Daughters, leadmade livin graves. Glass houses meanless when Shamecan be coded-in. Lean starts are all we’ve lived. Born to star in the darkand be the light. I don’t chase I gravitate. Nah! The Future is where We are!Ask again, nahI’ll say—switch…
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Board of Ancestors| John Dewey on Experience and Philosophy
Reflections on American Education Philosophy Board of Ancestors is a blog series, where I reflect on my role models, my philosophical influences and inspiring peers. It’s part of our Meet the Founder Series. Dewey places himself in the middle of the debate regarding the American education system during the 20thcentury. Dewey urges readers to step…
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Board of Ancestors| A Cooper, a Du Bois, and an Emerson Log into a Chat
Reflections on American Education Philosophies, how they align and differ on the aims of liberal education? During their lives all three thinkers saw a country grew westward, the laws change around who is considered human and an entire country nearly go up in flames due to interstate conflict (civil war, reconstruction, etc.) As the nation…
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Board of Ancestors| Anna J Cooper + The Relationship between Our Reasoning, Feelings, Actions, and Education
Reflections on Anna J. Cooper’s Educational Philosophy on reason, emotions and action. Anna Julia Cooper’s education philosophy centers on the importance of empathy. In the context of education and society more broadly, Cooper discusses the role of “feeling” being an improvement to educational quality rather than a handicap. This directly contrasts the western philosophy of…