“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster himself.”—Nietzsche While watching the news the other day, a thought popped into...
“Because oppression is seen as systemic, we tend to absolve ourselves of blame, but unless someone chooses to identify themselves with institutions and systems, the act...
“Your hair is so neat”. “Can I touch it?” When I walked into work this morning, one of the students I worked with showed me an interesting...
Earlier this week, I had an opportunity to talk with a group of high school students about the concept of Ubuntu: an African Philosophy that I...
I’m re-posting these from a course I took on Facilitating dialogue for Social Justice. The guidelines below are ones that I found useful in creating a space to establish safe environments for discussing and acknowledging issues of diversity in the classroom, and I try to incorporate them into my work, as well as my life.
