“It is not that we only believe Black people can understand the Black experience. It is, rather, that we acknowledge the difference between reality and criticism as the difference between the Host and the Parasite.” (June Jordan, found in Josh Myers’ book, Of Black Study)

Whew, you talking good, Pastor!!! The student-as-customer also shifted the idea of learning for the value of learning to a kpi and quarterly goal, if you catch my drift.

I’m ready to build something different because this ain’t it and it’s wearing my spirit LOW.

Absolutely cooked. And they really did it in with that (implicit or explicit) ‘student-as-customer’ orientation in higher ed. So many layers and a long trajectory to the current version of shenanigans.

It is wild how much teaching/learning has changed in just the last 10 years. Teachers thought the ‘it’s in the syllabus’ shirts/reminders were cute when they might have been alternatively understood as ‘check engine’ lights cutting on.

I’ll email it to you.