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Do you ever accidentally inhale a book? Like, you meant to read it with your eyes, but, whoops, suddenly there it is, lodged in your esophagus and now you have to go to the hospital and explain, in various gestures, how you breathed in an entire book? This happens to me more often than I would like to admit. So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, is just the latest…
When I heard Ijeoma Oluo had written another book, there was no question in my mind that I would run, not walk, to NetGalley to request it. Publisher Seal Press made it happen! Medicore: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America is a formidable follow-up to So You Want to Talk About Race. In her first book, Oluo outlines all the ways that white people can move past ignorance and fragility to have…
Sometimes I feel like my life has been steeped in theory over practice. When I was finishing my undergraduate studies, several professors recommend I apply to grad school. I was like, “????” How did they expect me to conduct research in education without actually having the experience of educating? (The ones wanting me to do math research, I get, but that is a whole other conversation.) No, as much as I loved university, after five…