4 days agoFour OptionsOn paths forward with both racism and mood disorders So, if you know anything about me, you know I tend to write about various tentacles of racism and how it interacts with other axes of oppression, particularly language and ability. …Mood Disorder6 min read
Jul 31So, uh, Now What?On where my writing might go from here after I achieved a lot of my goals I graduated with my EdD last month, though it seems like a lot longer ago than that. Dotted my Ts, crossed my Is, handled all the silly paperwork stuff they don’t really tell you…7 min read
Apr 15Deeper Breaths, GraduallyOn taking a risk and disclosing neurodivergence during my job search I have trouble looking people in the eye, and I also have trouble not trying to hide it. I don’t think I acknowledged I had this trouble until I was home for, you know, most of two years, and…Neurodiversity5 min read
Dec 15, 2021Academics, not AcademiaOn seeking liberation through solidarity with those who reject the premise I know I’m a stubborn person, but I’m also a person whose brain does not transmit dopamine in the typical fashion, and as such, I have trouble being extrinstically motivated, among other things. What that means is that I…Academia4 min read
Dec 9, 2021Maybe Some People Should Just Die?A new public policy The crafting of public policy is a delicate balance between opposing factions — whereas some on the public stage are fighting for people who look like them, others are fighting for people who have as much money as them. …Economics3 min read
Oct 8, 2021“slurring like a real (n-word)”Or, what can be learned from my racist hate mail? The only way out is through. That has, for better or worse, become something of a mantra for me over the past few years. Whether it’s my gradual realization (and eventual diagnosis) of my neurodivergence, the mood disorders that I struggled with, or, most importantly, the way I tried to…Racism5 min read
Aug 30, 2021So Your Parents* Are Racist. Now What?*your friends, your spouse, your colleagues, your neighbors, and/or you (probably you) Sometimes people ask me What To Do about the racists in their lives. I’ll get to my response in a second, but a lot of this smacks of not wanting to seem racist themselves, and frankly, if you…Whiteness7 min read
Apr 21, 2021It’s Time To Be MeanRacism isn’t really about being mean, but maybe that should be part of fighting it I want to be clear, this is mostly for white people. The rest of you can read this, but that’s not really who I’m talking to. But please enjoy. So. White people. Listen to me…Racism3 min read
Dec 30, 2020No More Half-MeasuresTo support racialized scholars, we need to confront the epistemology of whiteness in the academy Once again, I sent this out to some publications, and they weren’t into it (for obvious reasons you will see below). So now you can read it. Enjoy! **** Now that the initial wave of…Whiteness5 min read
Oct 25, 2020Do Black Students Matter to ‘Good’ White Parents?I wrote this for a journal, which wasn’t into it because, well, it’s more of an essay than it is research. But here’s the thing: more of you are going to read it here anyway, and it will rapidly become irrelevant if it goes through another review process! So here…Pandemic Pods22 min read
