Tag: Liberation
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“There are no Black people in Riverdance”
There’s something magical about “Cry of the Celts” playing loudly over one’s surround sound, or better yet, the speakers from the stage. The rich sound of heavies (the hard shoes that sound like tap shoes) drumming against the floors, the thrum of the violins and drums reverberating through your chest. It is a sensation so visceral and…
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What is Liberatory Education?
For my preliminary blog posts, I want to take the time to describe my positionality to the adjectives listed in my tagline. The first and perhaps most important is the notion of being “liberatory.” To understand liberation, I believe it is essential to understand what it is not and then position that in the context…
Dr. Kei Graves, Ph.D 