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Let Me Wear My Crown: Black Hair Discrimination in School

Educator Barnes shares her personal journey of embracing her natural Black hair, challenging outdated school policies, and advocating for both Black hair freedom and the right to education.

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Fix What’s Broken: Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Educators face a critical, time-sensitive challenge to remove bias in the classroom in a post-affirmative action world in higher education.

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Black Educators: When They Tell You to Tone Down, Turn Up.

Educator Barnes unveils the challenges for Black educators around tone policing, gaslighting, and asks 20 key questions for equitable support.

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As California Goes: States Will Experience Growing Pains Without Affirmative Action

The US Supreme Court struck down the use of race as a factor in university admission. California has been blazing that trail since 1996.

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The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: Who Will You Blame Now?

Since the inception of affirmative action, Black people have been called affirmative action hires or accused of only getting into college because they were racially Black. Educator Barnes weighs in on the Supreme Court Ruling.

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Anti-Racist Education: When Things Hit the Fan, Are you Still a Fan?

Those dedicated to ending racism are still healing from being asked to reconcile anti-racist education. How do we show up when faced with opposition?

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Anti-Racist Education: The N-Word is Not a Word for School

Educator Barnes talks anti-racist education by schools having smart, clear policies around racial slurs in school and how to handle the n-word in literature in a unharmful way.

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Black Male Teachers Were My Father Figures, And We Need More of Them

Schools must do a better job hiring diverse teachers, especially Black teachers, but also keeping them on board. They have the ability to change lives.

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AAPI Heritage Month: Cross-Racial Coalitions Provide Blueprint for Support

Cross-racial coalition building is key to eliminating the model minority myth and to elevating the struggles of other groups within the BIPOC community.

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