Dearest Donovans,

I surely missed watching Precious Knowledge with you and talking with you about pushback when cultural transformation happens, when traditionally oppressed people start to shake those metaphorical dungeons. I have been touched and not surprised but appreciative to be connected through your posts. Thank you.

As you were watching this film, I joined protestors outside the White House, and listened on phones and ipads as the President made his announcement about extending deferred deportation to potentially millions more.

The film and the announcement are closely related. I encourage you to listen or read the transcript of the President's speech and the ideas of the U.S. that are foundational to the speech. What are the messages about law enforcement, Indigenous populations, meritocracy, American exceptionalism? How can you, as educators, as educators who will all use language and literacy, widen what counts and sounds like intelligence for successful cultural transformations?

yours,
prof. p.