Civil Rights and Asian Americans
Often times, when people think of minorities, Asian Americans are left off the list due to the model minority myth. The model minority myth suggests that Asian Americans, due to their own efforts, have been able to overcome barriers as immigrants due to their bootstrapping efforts and hard work. Therefore, they have become inordinately successful. …
Keep readingSocio Cultural Competence and America’s Hidden History
I attended a social justice workshop the last two days where I was surprised to learn about a successful coup on American soil. No, it wasn’t on January 6th of 2021 in Washington, DC. Rather it took place on November 10th, 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina. I want to share the story with my readers…
Keep readingQuestions About Separation of Language
Recently, I published a blog article about separation of language. I thought my next blog post in this series would be about bridging, but many readers have asked a number of questions about separation of language that I would like to address first. Q1. Isn’t it normal for bilingual individuals to translanguage? A. It is…
Keep readingThe Ascription or Denial of Intelligence Based on Race
My friend’s daughter once told me that she figured a relatively new, Asian classmate was intelligent just by looking at her. She then followed the statement with, “I wonder if I made that assumption because of her race,” and proceeded to analyze her thought process. Undoubtedly, as a parent, an educator, and as an equity-minded…
Keep readingNew Year’s Resolution: Perpetual Growth
The ending of a year, whether it is the Gregorian calendar year, a luni-solar year, an academic year, or even a fiscal year, presents us with an opportunity to reflect and commit ourselves to growth. One place where we can never stop growing is in our struggles for social justice. Because each of us, regardless…
Keep readingEquity Measures in Dual Language Education: Separation of Language
Dual Language Education is a social justice movement for students who speak a Language Other Than English (LOTE) at home because it is the only language acquisition program research proven to close the opportunity gap for students identified as Emergent Bilinguals. However, as demonstrated by various studies (Urow & Beeman 2013; Thomas & Collier, 2004)…
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