Return of the Dope Show

Super heroes and gun control

Marvel's Black Panther dominated culture news. That is until we witnessed another horrific (and preventable) mass shooting at a high school in Florida.

HARASSMENT OF WOMEN, BAD TEACHERS, AND RACIAL INTEGRATION

Last week Al Franken reside after multiple women charged him with groping and inappropriate contact; NYC's Mayor De Blasio made good on his plan to dump unwanted teachers into poor schools; and after an AP story released "research" suggesting charter schools are a haven for "segregation," school reformers clapped back.

Return of the Dope Show

Have you missed us? Justin and Chris return to the bearded brotherhood to wax on about education, race, and politics now that we've survived a year of Donald J. Trump. At issue: are restorative justice practices making schools more unsafe? What do we do when our own political heroes are sexual harassers (or worse)? How do we have empathy for white people who feel marginalized, while not endorsing their anti-black racism? We discuss these questions amongst ourselves.

Dope Show Returns: Orange is the new whack

Justin and Chris return with suspicions and fears stoked by Trump's new America. Has the rise of intolerant Trumpians caused white allies to become even more radical in their pursuit of equity, diversity, and justice? How should the social justice wing of education reform address the new political reality? More important, who is no longer welcome at the cookout?

Puff Daddy goes to school, and the NY Times fails our class

This week we learned Sean Puffy combs will be opening a charter school in Harlem. The Beard and the Beardless discuss that, and a perfectly terrible article in the New York Times about charter schools. Of course, we also do our favorite segment: Ask a [black/white] guy.