Civil Rights Day: Boots

“It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

This is the ongoing discussion about equity vs. equality, isn't it? We should all have boots. Unfortunately, in today's educational climate, it's considered divisive to talk about why some folks don't have boots, have no generational wealth of boots, and who are being denied boots by others. 

There's a lot of think about in this topic, and we are not really allowed to ask students to think. We have to start somewhere. I feel like getting into a little "good trouble," to quote John Lewis.

Have a good day,

C