history – serene

Mother’s angry letter about how the “educational machine” of Southlake, Texas broke the law by allowing her daughter to check out a book on anti-racism and her frustration that no teacher was arrested for “violating” her child’s “rights”

“We felt strongly that this could be a teachable moment for all involved and stated our desire for an apology from the teacher so that we could all move on with a clean slate. That was denied… The teacher was not fired. She was not arrested for breaking the law.”

There is nothing in the world I love more than learning

Learning things that nourish the right parts of my soul at the right time is the most beautiful thing in my world.

Black History, Hidden Figures, & learning through laughter: SNL Weekend Update

“Like, did y’all know a black man invented the traffic light? Maybe I would’ve respected those signals a little more if I knew they were coming from a brother.”