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Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social · Mar 14
Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones.

Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
zinelib.bsky.social my views do not represent those of my employer @zinelib.bsky.social · Mar 14
Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔

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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 11
It was great hearing @eveewing.bsky.social talk about the history and research that went into writing this book. I can't wait to start reading it. #OriginalSins #Education #Schooling #AmericanHistory #Racism #BookSky
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 10
Not only do I get to hear @eveewing.bsky.social tonight, but I get to check out this new-to-me museum. #AmericanWritersMuseum #OriginalSins
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 5
I have a road trip planned w/ my parents & brother who has Down Syndrome next month & part of the route takes us through OK, TX, NM, & AZ. I told my parents that they should pack their passports, but I'm wondering if we should just cancel the whole trip.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 4
The venn diagram of the losers crying about how Beyonce bought the AOTY award and the losers celebrating getting rid of DEI initiatives is a circle.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 3
Unfortunately, this was from the library, and it was published the traditional way... 🫠
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 2
Look, I'm not the spelling police (bc ACAB, am I right?), but there is a difference between sewn and sown and brooch and broach. It's bothering me just enough that it took me out of the story twice. If there are any more spelling errors, I may have to DNF this book. #booksky
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 2
But I thought they loved him because he says what he means and means what he says.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 2
cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says
ericplais.bsky.social your bloody scare-ric 🎃 @ericplais.bsky.social · Feb 2
I hold a lot of disdain for the people who didn’t see this coming given P2025 but it does seem like the actual support for these goals is nonexistent, everyone who voted for him did so under the incredibly stupid assumption that he wouldn’t do this
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 2
Hot take based on what I've been seeing online: I DO NOT want Kendrick Lamar to bring Taylor Swift out as a guest during the Super Bowl. We don't need a blonde, white woman pulling focus away from two immensely talented Black performers while they are on one of the world's largest stages.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Feb 1
I'm going to an author event next week, so I stopped by the bookstore hosting the event to buy a copy of the book. Aside from the display in the window, there were none on the floor & the employee had to search through boxes in their backroom to find copies. This is kind of strange, no?
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 29
새해복 많이받으세요! Happy New Year! #seollal #koreanfood
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 27
I restarted my work computer an hour ago to update a program I needed and now, I just got a popup message saying that my computer is going to restart whether I want it to or not. How very Monday of it all.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
As we move in these uncertain times, I highly recommend reading both of these books. It doesn't matter if your student population is mostly white. The framework is good for them, too. Racism hurts us all, not just the ones that it's intended to hurt.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
Which brings me back to Cultivating Genius. This is an equity framework that promotes four learning pursuits designed to elevate our students and recognize the genius that lies in them, especially our Black students. Dr. Muhammad's follow-up, Unearthing Joy, adds joy as another learning pursuit.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
Think about African American English, particularly AAVE. A lot, if not all, of the "slang" coming out of social media, are words that were used in AAE and are only popularized and trendy when non-Black people are using it. But when Black people use AAE or AAVE, they are viewed as ignorant.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
This is also how they resist. They KNOW that they are smart. Smarter, even. They've figured out methods of surviving that their captors don't know about. They've created their own language, with its own grammatical structure, that they use around their captors
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
In the book, James, the title character and his fellow enslaved captives have to hide their true genius and intelligence around their captors. They speak in a language that is expected of them because if they were to reveal their true selves, it would be their deaths. This is how they to survive
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
We see this time & time again. Oppressors create an environment where their victims have to struggle for survival and then turn around create a narrative of their victims' ignorance, dirtiness, and general lack of "civilization", providing further justification for the oppression. But, I digress
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
Especially since Black history IS American history. Not only that, but by creating a system that is designed for only a few to succeed, we have also created a story of how our Black students are "failing" because they struggle to fit in the molds that society has created without acknowledging them
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
I had to puzzle over this because Dr. Muhammad's book is written to challenge and encourage educators on how we perceive our students, especially our Black students, and the disservice that our current education system does to everyone one of them by failing to teach Black history
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 25
It's been several days since I finished this book and I'm still thinking about it and that's because while I was reading it, I was suddenly struck with a comparison to Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's Cultivating Genius.
annakim1.bsky.social Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 22
You need to read this book. That is all. #booksky
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 22
You need to read this book. That is all. #booksky
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 22
Well, I guess I'm adding this to my tbr list.
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · Jan 22
Educators:

We have to steel ourselves against the urge to consume everything, everywhere, all at once. The next four years are going to be long and hard; some of us will not make it.

Protect your heart.
Protect your peace.
Protect the children.
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Anna @annakim1.bsky.social · Jan 21
Dang, it's -6 right now, which means I have to take out my down coat, but it's going to go up to 25+ the rest of this week. I don't want to pay to dry clean a coat I only end up wearing once, though I guess February is only a week away.
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