At Bible study this week, Harry had pulled together a collection of excerpts from various places to help us think together about the pain in Nepal and in Baltimore. Harry loves Dr. King. He had us read this:
Militant kindness.
Militant creativity.
Militantly humane.
Militantly authentic.
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I hate when people use military-tinged diction to talk about public schools. Teachers are "on the front lines." Ew. "Veteran" teachers. WHO IS THE ENEMY IN THIS SLOPPY METAPHOR?
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At AERA, Dave Stovall called for an ethic of self-care among antiracist educators that "engages love when it's no longer nice." That guy is always dropping lines like that that make me think for several years.
No I wanted to say something about the fact that we have lived over these last two or three summers with agony and we have seen our cities going up in flames. And I would be the first to say that I am still committed to militant, powerful, massive, non-violence as the most potent weapon in grappling with the problem from a direct action point of view. (Emphasis is mine.)Militant non-violence? That's some striking shit.
Militant kindness.
Militant creativity.
Militantly humane.
Militantly authentic.
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I hate when people use military-tinged diction to talk about public schools. Teachers are "on the front lines." Ew. "Veteran" teachers. WHO IS THE ENEMY IN THIS SLOPPY METAPHOR?
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At AERA, Dave Stovall called for an ethic of self-care among antiracist educators that "engages love when it's no longer nice." That guy is always dropping lines like that that make me think for several years.
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