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A few folks at today's #socialjustice talk with @blovesoulpower at @scsu asked about our Ghana project here are deets from @sadike25 http://sadik.goif

A few folks at today's #socialjustice talk with @blovesoulpower at @scsu asked about our Ghana project here are deets from @sadike25 http://sadik.goifnetwork.org/2019/problems-faced-today-in-education1-low-availability sponsored by @scsu and @mozilla open leaders project

@blovesoulpower "Thinking you can solve racism by hiring more black people is racist. It ain't our work, white people gotta do it, we just fight with

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@blovesoulpower "Thinking you can solve racism by hiring more black people is racist. It ain't our work, white people gotta do it, we just fight with such grace and art you folks look to us to do your work" #literacies #HipHopEd

As you know we have been taking a critical look at teaching practices here at SCSU. I think your answer about good teaching coming in so many forms is

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As you know we have been taking a critical look at teaching practices here at SCSU. I think your answer about good teaching coming in so many forms is spot on. In fact I do not like to say beast practices. To me it is always better. What is best in one context isn't best in another context or community...and we should always strive to live a life where we st

Great student question, "Is social justice movement been co-opted like diversity movement you talked about" @BLoveSoulPower responds with, "Always" wh

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Great student question, "Is social justice movement been co-opted like diversity movement you talked about" @BLoveSoulPower responds with, "Always" when ever that many people use the saqme word it gets watered down. That is capitalism, justice sells

Oooh cool @blovesoulpower demos here #GetFree Curriculum http://getfreehiphopcivics.com/ check it out and use it during school. Got an idea...replace

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Oooh cool @blovesoulpower demos here #GetFree Curriculum http://getfreehiphopcivics.com/ check it out and use it during school. Got an idea...replace your racist Ellis Island Immigrant day.....#liteacies #HipHopEd

@BLoveSoulPower "People want 'Black' but don't want the verb of "being black" selling black culture ain't new, we always been cool and cool sells, and

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@BLoveSoulPower "People want 'Black' but don't want the verb of "being black" selling black culture ain't new, we always been cool and cool sells, and we sell our culture too, the goal is keep money in the community, and address capitalism overall"

@blovesoulpower "Modern dance came out of Watts and LA, as you were connecting to their culture to heal themselves"

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@blovesoulpower "Modern dance came out of Watts and LA, as you were connecting to their culture to heal themselves"

@BLoveSoulPower responds, "Do the work you wanna do, If you don't stay in your lane you have no track. Nobody says to someone who works on prisons, wh

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@BLoveSoulPower responds, "Do the work you wanna do, If you don't stay in your lane you have no track. Nobody says to someone who works on prisons, why not water? Inclusion would be a white girl coming up and wanting to start a club and you help"

@dacohen I liove the focus on designing experience using library resources...what a refreshing call!!

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@dacohen I liove the focus on designing experience using library resources...what a refreshing call!!

As part of #socialjustice month we have been taking a critical look at teaching here at Southern I think you are correct in defining feedback as revol

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As part of #socialjustice month we have been taking a critical look at teaching here at Southern I think you are correct in defining feedback as revolving around delivering feedback. It is telling that you note being aware of work you are "distributing" in a way this represents a banking where knowledge is commodified and handed out. Or being aware of the wo

@blovesoulpower "I am more interested in how youth can use the cuture of African diaspora to heal themselves. That is the power of hip hop" #HipHopEd

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@blovesoulpower "I am more interested in how youth can use the cuture of African diaspora to heal themselves. That is the power of hip hop" #HipHopEd

Another student asks about #socialjustice and inclusion, I wanted to start a group for black girls but worry I look like I am being exclusionary, but

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Another student asks about #socialjustice and inclusion, I wanted to start a group for black girls but worry I look like I am being exclusionary, but I can't help white girls from Milford like I can a black girl from Milford"

Hey @goifoundation At a talk by @BLoveSoulPower and talking stereotypes of blacks moving between continents...someimes views of Ghana immigrants of bl

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Hey @goifoundation At a talk by @BLoveSoulPower and talking stereotypes of blacks moving between continents...someimes views of Ghana immigrants of black Americans framed by the lens of whiteness and colonization. Wonder how we can address #literacies

@blovesoulpower "People improv not because they don't know the system, it is because they know the system is corrupt. They know they ain't allowed in

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@blovesoulpower "People improv not because they don't know the system, it is because they know the system is corrupt. They know they ain't allowed in the right way, they get in any way" #HipHopEd

@BLoveSoulPower "I use the R. Kelly barometer for the collectiveness...If I say, 'What you think about R. Kelly" and you say framed...I am done...You

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@BLoveSoulPower "I use the R. Kelly barometer for the collectiveness...If I say, 'What you think about R. Kelly" and you say framed...I am done...You don't need everyone in your circle. Not all belong"

Great job on the screencast. You explained the goals, what was required (iOS 12 iPhone) good explanation and step by step guide. Good job,

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Great job on the screencast. You explained the goals, what was required (iOS 12 iPhone) good explanation and step by step guide. Good job,

@goifoundation @blovesoulpower I had an idea, what if we do a wikipedia edit-a-thon and translate articles about African diaspora, USA civil rights mo

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@goifoundation @blovesoulpower I had an idea, what if we do a wikipedia edit-a-thon and translate articles about African diaspora, USA civil rights movement, and hip hop articles in Twi, build understanding by by creating materials of understanding.

For last decade new #literacies research suggested if we don't teach digital evaluation we would create a huge mess @SHEG_Stanford continues thw rok w

For last decade new #literacies research suggested if we don't teach digital evaluation we would create a huge mess @SHEG_Stanford continues thw rok we began in k12 to prove out point: https://purl.stanford.edu/gf151tb4868

@blovesoulpower If you recognize the beauty in #HipHopEd you realize the thing you want in educatiuon like critical thinking, research, assessment...y

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@blovesoulpower If you recognize the beauty in #HipHopEd you realize the thing you want in educatiuon like critical thinking, research, assessment...you already have.

@blovesoulpower "If white teachers recognize the culture of the black and brown they will realize they already got in their class what they already wa

@blovesoulpower "If white teachers recognize the culture of the black and brown they will realize they already got in their class what they already want to teach" #literacies #hiphoped