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The Dark Continent: Education, Equality, & Extenuating Circumstances
Some think only young children should be granted the “socially constructed appropriateness” that allows them to imagine. Contrary to this belief, it is my understanding that there is power in the process of “imagining” for both adults and children. So come with me and let us use our imagination. Imagine a principal that acts as […]
Project SYNCERE Makes Engineering Fun for Black Students
NBC Cleveland | February 7, 2011 CHICAGO — Project SYNCERE, an innovative program in Chicago, is giving young African American students a jump start in math and science by making engineering concepts fun. A lesson on velocity taught by racing wooden vehicles with CDs for wheels. The prize isn’t money, but it’s just as rich — an education. […]
Hip-Hop Artists Unite for Egypt
When Drum Gang Productions sent me this beat I was immediately blown away by it’s intensity. Of course, I felt it was perfect for me, and the type of music I make, but still I was unsure how I should approach it. I knew it was special and I didn’t want to waste it. Originally […]
Snow Day Dibs
Your favorite (Chicago) blogger has emerged from the Chicago Blizzard of ‘011. I know you were worried. Had I waited any longer to leave campus last Tuesday, I would have been part of the group of lucky motorists who got stranded on Lake Shore Drive because of car accidents and snow drifts. Yet I made […]
The Dark Continent: The Politics of Invisibility
“Look into the countryside to find the truth about a city.” This I find to be a universal truth. Parallels can be made between the south or west sides of Chicago and townships in Cape Town. Comparisons can be drawn from neighborhoods like East Cleveland or Englewood (communities in the states) to the experiences of […]
Dear Mayor… Letters from Chicago Youth
Mikva Challenge (via Huffington Post) | January 31, 2011 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUwFNfYDYg Shawn Shaw watches his back now on his walk to and from Tilden Career Community Academy, the massive South Side high school that backs onto a Norfolk Southern rail depot in Chicago’s New City neighborhood. The 18-year-old student got jumped on this walk once by […]
The latest black example: Kelley Williams-Bolar
I grew up in Chicago with a mom that was overzealous about education. By the time I was twelve, I’d gone to seven different schools. I went to one school for Kindergarten, two schools for first grade, I was home-schooled halfway through second grade and then started at a new school where I stayed for […]
Porn, Poverty, Public Health and the Pursuit of Happiness
For many, it is hard to have open conversations about vaginas, penises, and anuses, especially when ‘beavers,’ ‘one-eyed snakes’ and ‘poop-chutes’ play bump in the [supposed] night. Even when we talk about “them” bumping in the night, many of us create euphemisms to get around the discomfort of talking about sex. So you can imagine […]
F.O.P. – Funds Owed Pittsburgh

By now people all over the country have witnessed the brutal beating of honor student and violist Jordan Miles by Pittsburgh Police officers Michael Saldutte, David Sisak and Richard Ewing. Jordan was walking to his grandmother’s house when he was approached by the officers, who jumped out of an unmarked car in plain clothes demanding “Where’s the gun? Where are the drugs?” Jordan, who has no criminal record and thought he was being robbed, ran. Unfortunately, the “police officers” caught him, and all three beat 5’6’’ 150 pound Jordan until he looked like this. Yep, they even ripped out part of his hair. Of course they found no guns or drugs, but still proceeded to charge Jordan Miles with loitering, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest.

Those extremely bogus charges were dismissed because officers Michael Saldutte, David Sisak and Richard Ewing basically filed a false police report. They claimed they got a call from a neighbor, Monica Wooding, who said Jordan was loitering on her property. Ms. Wooding not only testified, under oath, that she didn’t make the complaint, but also she has known Jordan, “for years.”
F.O.P. – Funds Owed Pittsburgh

By now people all over the country have witnessed the brutal beating of honor student and violist Jordan Miles by Pittsburgh Police officers Michael Saldutte, David Sisak and Richard Ewing. Jordan was walking to his grandmother’s house when he was approached by the officers, who jumped out of an unmarked car in plain clothes demanding “Where’s the gun? Where are the drugs?” Jordan, who has no criminal record and thought he was being robbed, ran. Unfortunately, the “police officers” caught him, and all three beat 5’6’’ 150 pound Jordan until he looked like this. Yep, they even ripped out part of his hair. Of course they found no guns or drugs, but still proceeded to charge Jordan Miles with loitering, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest.

Those extremely bogus charges were dismissed because officers Michael Saldutte, David Sisak and Richard Ewing basically filed a false police report. They claimed they got a call from a neighbor, Monica Wooding, who said Jordan was loitering on her property. Ms. Wooding not only testified, under oath, that she didn’t make the complaint, but also she has known Jordan, “for years.”
January 17, 2011 – January 23, 2011
Washington state must close achievement gap Dr. Thelma Jackson, The Olympian, January 22, 2011 Mentor looks beneath the surface to find students’ hidden potential for success David Lauderdale, Island Packet, January 22, 2011 Class size takes back seat in education debate JK Wall, IBJ News, January 22, 2011 Digital competition looks for visionary South L.A. youth Olu Alemoru, LA […]
On the Use of "Honor Student": Phylicia Barnes’ Disappearance
A gifted student from North Carolina who was visiting family in Baltimore over the holidays, Barnes was scheduled to graduate early from high school. She did not have a history of running away or being a troubled child. The Phylicia Simone Barnes’ story is one of profound sadness and injustice on many levels. We know […]