by Courtney Mykytyn | Jul 21, 2016 | news, parenting, race
sigh… choice = segregation… and this (which you’ve read before) from Nikole Hannah-Jones “The sense of helplessness in the face of such entrenched segregation is what makes so alluring the notion, embraced by liberals and conservatives, that we...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jul 21, 2016 | news, race
What if we grew the next generation of teachers (or politicians, policymakers, lawyers, doctors, colonels, business-owners, for that matter) in diverse schools? Wanting to “do good” is laudable and indeed our country was built on it… but when ones...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jul 14, 2016 | race
Terence Crutcher. Alton Sterling. Philando Castile. Dallas… Through all of the social media righteous outrage and frustrated hopelessness, I have seen some beautiful good-white-liberal pledges. Talking to your kids about race (#colorblinddoesntwork)? Great. Posting...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jul 9, 2016 | race
This week… … . I have read thousands of pages of lamentations and righteous indignation and gut-wrenching anger and dismay and hopelessness over the past few days. Yes, I’ve been reading from the comfort of my porch, with my children safely sleeping in their beds and...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jul 8, 2016 | news, race
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/on-mothering-white-sons-to-know-blacklivesmatter_us_577e85bce4b03288ddc57d79 Beautifully written article… These shootings, these tragedies, this… “White supremacy is not just robes and hoods, not just segregated lunch...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jul 8, 2016 | news, race
http://www.laweekly.com/news/brace-yourself-heres-how-much-it-costs-to-live-near-top-public-schools-7103908 According to a report from RentCafed, to live near top-performing elementary schools in L.A. you will be throwing down an average monthly mortgage...
