I love Amber Brown's voice and perspective. This interview should be shared with members of the Organization of American Historians. Without the work of academics in fields like Black History and women's history, (gathered together in the 1619 Project among others) teachers in the early grades end up doing just as Amber describes, rehearsing the same few well-known facts and faces. Once again you find an under-served subject and give us a memorable interview that helps us imagine better ways of schooling for all.
Thank you for this wonderfully helpful interview. While many good parents figure out what they think their children can handle and need to learn, many of us don't know from personal experience in our childhoods how some information may impact children. As the mother of a brown skinned son, I had no idea what my well intended words might create in my son. Thank you again for sharing the teaching of another wise woman.
Yes, I did appreciate the tweet so it's wonderful that Courtney has developed it into a splendid interview that connects us with Amber Brown. What a voice of intelligence and compassion Amber brings. These comments about our educational system should be circulated to a wide community. Because they cast a brilliant beam of light into the dreadful and dangerous darkness surrounding the debate over CRT. Please pursue this line of thought further in your writing. We desperately need it. Special hugs to Amber's 3 lucky kids. Gratefully, DD
I love Amber Brown's voice and perspective. This interview should be shared with members of the Organization of American Historians. Without the work of academics in fields like Black History and women's history, (gathered together in the 1619 Project among others) teachers in the early grades end up doing just as Amber describes, rehearsing the same few well-known facts and faces. Once again you find an under-served subject and give us a memorable interview that helps us imagine better ways of schooling for all.
Thank you for this wonderfully helpful interview. While many good parents figure out what they think their children can handle and need to learn, many of us don't know from personal experience in our childhoods how some information may impact children. As the mother of a brown skinned son, I had no idea what my well intended words might create in my son. Thank you again for sharing the teaching of another wise woman.
Yes, I did appreciate the tweet so it's wonderful that Courtney has developed it into a splendid interview that connects us with Amber Brown. What a voice of intelligence and compassion Amber brings. These comments about our educational system should be circulated to a wide community. Because they cast a brilliant beam of light into the dreadful and dangerous darkness surrounding the debate over CRT. Please pursue this line of thought further in your writing. We desperately need it. Special hugs to Amber's 3 lucky kids. Gratefully, DD