My child is only just beginning to transition into that 'read to learn' phase in her education. We frequently must remind her that just because it is written in a book, does not make it fact.
Tag: black excellence
Black Excellence: Week Three
No one says it aloud. Affirmative action. Dirty meritless words. And yet this nation’s duty to uphold. To absolve the question, why is there no one else like me?
Black Excellence: Week Two
I spent a long time up on a very high horse where bilingual parenting was concerned. I couldn’t bring myself to understand how so many bilingual friends were not instinctively sharing their second language with their kids from birth. It was such a no brainer for us, and we had to really WORK to gain… Continue reading Black Excellence: Week Two
Black Excellence: Week One
"During the writing process I had to ask myself: “What is black excellence? What does it mean?” The thought was heavily influenced by my experience, my memories and the hard realities of what it means to grow up Black in America."
Bilingual SuperNoVAs 