America’s response to the destruction of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and DC’s handling of RelayGate are linked by a common pattern: the state enables racialized harm to Black communities, then deploys silence, delay, and technicalities to evade full repair while preserving the power and profit structures that caused the harm. Not identical crimes but the same governing logic : Both Tulsa 1921 and RelayGate-- under DC Mayor Bowser's mayoral control of DC Public Schools --show h

In the shadow of the Capitol, where democracy is preached to the world, Washington, DC's District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) have become a laboratory for racialized experimentation on Black children. Under Mayor Muriel Bowser's mayoral control--a nondemocratic process wielding near-dictatorial power over DCPS--in 2017 the mayor segregated a cluster of predominantly Black and low-income elementary schools in Wards 7 and 8, mandating the controversial Relay Graduate Scho

As I write this blog post, I am still hurt that I was intentionally denied the Standing Ovation honor, a distinguished award that recognizes outstanding DC Public School (DCPS) employee contributions. The reason behind this denial is nothing short of indisputable REVENGE, and it sheds light on a deeper, more sinister issue that has been plaguing the DCPS system for far too long. In 2020, a DCPS superintendent--rubber-stamped by the DCPS Chancellor and DC Mayor--in a brazen di