We teach what we learn.

Allison Gaines wrote a great piece, “Swimming While Black Is Still a Revolutionary Act” (link below). Thinking to add a link to Heather McGhee’s work in the comment section, I stumbled on this extraordinary example of “teaching what we learn.”

Instead of DiAngelo’s lunacy, I offer this powerful and compelling example – of teaching what we learn.

Amherst College Opening Convocation 2006: “To Honor Gerald Penny”

https://www.amherst.edu/news/specialevents/convocation/convocation_2006/node/8361

Find Allison Gaines’ essay here:

https://momentum.medium.com/swimming-while-black-is-still-a-revolutionary-act-b80d9557a4cc

Good introduction to McGhee here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-mcghee-transcript.html