Monthly Archives: August 2020

“Accept your students with compassion while also holding to the evidence-based truth about race and racism.”

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Kate Stover

Controlling the tone of difficult conversations is never easy. And yet, it’s especially critical when helping  students gain new perspectives on race. Cyndi Kernahan cites research that shows that making students feel blamed or guilty only leads to backlash, not … Continue reading →

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“It’s one thing to know a lot and to have experienced a lot, but it’s quite another to know how you feel about what you’ve observed and lived.”

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Kate Stover

We can’t assume that all novelists who create likable characters are likable themselves, but I imagine that Richard Russo is. In this collection of essays, he is warm, funny, and self-deprecating – traits that characterize many of the people in … Continue reading →

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“You have been cast into a race in which the wind is always at your face and the hounds are always at your heels.”

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Kate Stover

When this book was published five years ago, Toni Morrison famously predicted that Coates will fill the intellectual void created when James Baldwin died.  Now, seeing this book back on bestseller lists made me wonder what Coates thinks of Baldwin’s … Continue reading →

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