Tomorrow is the last day of summer school. This month in the TBR Summer Institute has been intense and intensive. I had an interesting racialized moment in class yesterday. One of the students, Benjamin, figured out that everyone in class had… Read more
I decided that I didn’t like the way that Julia Wood is handling race in her textbook for Gender and Comm. Actually, well, I decided that years ago. So I’m asking the students to read Peggy MacIntosh’s article, “White Privilege.” It’s very old, but… Read more
Today was a busy day in the Sells-Jaros household. Willow took her first driving lesson. Yikes. And I facilitated my first dialogue on race. These are exciting times. * The semester is almost over. I have to grade speeches and then I have to… Read more
Right now I am in the LSU library with the Intro to Grad Studies class where the students are being introduced to …you guessed it… the library. Dun dun dun! In any event, since I have no profound links for this entry, I asked the librarian what… Read more