No, that actually doesn’t count as culturally competent pedagogy

Last Monday night, I was at a poetry slam to benefit Planned Parenthood. I’m pretty sure the poets were personally invited. One man went up to the mic who is a writing professor and has won awards for a diversity multicultural something or other. He told a story about teaching a class of ‘at-risk’ students. He kept…

OMG, GMOs! What the labeling controversy is actually about

Originally posted on Viriditude:
Voters in Oregon will decide on Tuesday whether their state will require labeling of products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), when they vote on the Oregon Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Initiative, aka Measure 92. As usual with initiatives on controversial topics, there’s been a ton of hype about this, and…

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No, that actually doesn’t count as culturally competent pedagogy

OMG, GMOs! What the labeling controversy is actually about