In the city of brotherly love, there seems to be little love for our youth. Through their actions it is evident that Lawmakers think the cost of having children in the city is a burden, one that be cut. Philadelphia policymakers slash budgets and programs. When asked [...]
The Worst of White Folks
Kiese Laymon2016-11-29T17:39:38-05:00Way back in the day when Twitter was a bootleg reindeer name, David Rozier invented farting during Mass. A few minutes before we marveled at the six Catholics at Holy Family Catholic School sipping out of one gold goblet, and right after Father Joe suggested we [...]
Goodbye to My American Dream
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:38-05:00My mom moved us here for a better life. But as a black woman, I'm tired of loving a country that can't love me back On the day of college graduation, I told my friends and family the news: I was leaving the country [...]

Installment #4; “Black People Don’t Float and Swim:”
Sherick Hughes Ph.D.2016-11-29T17:39:38-05:00Unlearning Another Lie that Jim Crow Taught By Dr. Sherick Hughes | Originally Published at Saturday, June 1, 2013 | Special thanks to the Author Dr. Sherick Hughes, and the creator of History and Family Blog, Christine E. Sleeter, PhD. Unfortunately, the phrase “Black people don’t [...]

Prejudice; Omission is Permission! Colorblind is Color-Mute
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:38-05:00In America the premise is people are colorblind. Certainly our children are is the constant refrain. I know this is not so, for as a child I saw what was not discussed. The people who did not care for and about me were white. Those who cherished [...]

Installment #3 “Did You Know Yo’ Mama was White?”
Sherick Hughes Ph.D.2016-11-29T17:39:38-05:00Using New Interracial Family Evidence to Trouble Jim Crow and Me (and You)Preparing to share and receive sensitive family history By Dr. Sherick Hughes | Originally Published at History and Family Blog Thursday, May 27, 2013 | Special thanks to the Author Dr. Sherick Hughes, and [...]

Installment 2: “I Don’t Think That’s My Daddy:”
Sherick Hughes Ph.D.2016-11-29T17:39:39-05:00Unlearning Another Lie that Jim Crow Taught By Dr. Sherick Hughes | Originally Published at History and Family Blog Saturday, June 1, 2013 | Special thanks to the Author Dr. Sherick Hughes, and the creator of History and Family Blog, Christine E. Sleeter, PhD. Preparing to [...]
“Ambiguous”
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:39-05:00What does it mean to be American, to be Black or Brown, Red or Yellow? Soon, in the United States the majority of people will be mixed and/or people of color. The question we must ask ourselves is what does this mean? Will equality be realized? Is [...]

Troubling Jim Crow: Installment #1
Sherick Hughes Ph.D.2016-11-29T17:39:39-05:00On this the fifth anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's Address on Civil Rights empathyeducates would like to introduce the first of four installments written by Sherick Hughes, Ph.D. on the subject of "Troubling Jim Crow." Today, let us all remember the words utter two score [...]