I just finished the first season of the bilingual comedy-drama Gentefied (2020-2021) and cannot recommend it enough. For such a … More
Tag: Black History
The Real Issue with AP African American Studies
AP African American Studies is a much needed study of Black culture in the United States over a period of … More
Enduring Lessons From Watts
In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This … More
Winold Reiss’ Intersectional Art Education
Winold Reiss had been more or less an obscure figure within the canon of modern European and American art and … More
Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments, Revisited
Since I wrote Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments so much has happened, so I figured that a follow … More
Made in America
As diverse as the United States of America is, our recording and presenting of its history is not nearly as … More
Bridging the Gap, Crossing the Bridge
Black lives matter. Tragically, it is clear that the United States of America has a problem understanding this. The nation’s … More
‘Funktional’ Art Education
I’m not a religiously observant Jew, but my Jewishness is a large part of who I am today. My realization … More
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visual Lessons About the Black Experience in Academic, Professional and Everyday Life
Infographics are aesthetic visual representations of data, which present quantitative and qualitative information in a concise and accessible manner. Infographics … More
Artfully Dismantling Systemic Racism
Racism is the longest uninterrupted epidemic within our collective American culture. It is a gaping wound and festering infection intrinsic … More