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Investigating Dominant Culture Without Replicating Dominant Culture: An Attempt

Dominant culture as field of inquiry offers several possible entry points for individuals and groups to consider.

Jul 9, 2022

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Jul 9, 2022

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Identity, Education and Power

The Professional Development We Deserve

How do we as educators get the professional learning experiences we deserve on a consistent basis?

Jun 29, 2022

The Professional Development We Deserve

Jun 29, 2022

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Identity, Education and Power

Who We Are, Where We Sit and Why It Matters

It sounds radical but we may not all have the same assignment when it comes to building more equitable structures and communities.

Aug 2, 2021

Who We Are, Where We Sit and Why It Matters

Aug 2, 2021

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“One Step In, One Step Removed”: An Ode To Status Literacy

Status both confirms and complicates the experience of being dominant culture adjacent.

Apr 22, 2021

“One Step In, One Step Removed”: An Ode To Status Literacy

Apr 22, 2021

Brandon Taylor’s ‘Real Life’ and Contemplating Black Male Interiority

I’ve just finished reading Brandon Taylor’s debut novel, Real Life, and now I’m thinking about … Black male interiority.

Oct 22, 2020

Brandon Taylor’s ‘Real Life’ and Contemplating Black Male Interiority

Oct 22, 2020

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When History Won’t Quit

I’m annoyed, restless and irritable. Why? Because it’s history. Again. Fricking history banging on my door again, yelling “You awake?”

Jun 21, 2020

When History Won’t Quit

Jun 21, 2020

Smooshed: Labor, Boundaries and Roles Under COVID-19

In light of recent events, I did what many digital citizens would do: I wrote a thread on Twitter.

Mar 20, 2020

Smooshed: Labor, Boundaries and Roles Under COVID-19

Mar 20, 2020

Coming To Terms With ‘Winners Take All’

‘Winners Take All’ portrays the quandary of the very wealthy to “do good” without changing the status quo.

Nov 10, 2019

Coming To Terms With ‘Winners Take All’

Nov 10, 2019

Absurdities of Now, Visions of “Better”

Encountering truths and figuring out where to go next.

Aug 29, 2019

Absurdities of Now, Visions of “Better”

Aug 29, 2019

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Wishing Good Will and Good Writing Were Enough

When white American authors use “we”, are people of color also invited?

Jun 10, 2019

Wishing Good Will and Good Writing Were Enough

Jun 10, 2019

In the company of people who tell historical truths

Considering the invisible episodes of history I am forced to recognize is a deeply counter-cultural undertaking.

Feb 2, 2019

In the company of people who tell historical truths

Feb 2, 2019

A Convention In My Mind

It happens with surprising regularity that an essay crosses my path and boom! I am smitten. I want to drop everything and call up all my…

Nov 11, 2018

A Convention In My Mind

Nov 11, 2018

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Anti-Racist Parenting While White: An Inquiry

“We live in a racist society, and we are all a part of that. When we “go with the flow,” we may act in racist ways and hurt people, …”

Sep 17, 2018

Anti-Racist Parenting While White: An Inquiry

Sep 17, 2018

Listening As Resistance

My focus is trained on building political awareness more than social capital.

Jun 28, 2018

Listening As Resistance

Jun 28, 2018

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Facebooked, Googled And Recovering Imagination

This essay begins in frustration. I’m looking for something but cannot find them. I know they were here among my things at one time but now…

Mar 31, 2018

Facebooked, Googled And Recovering Imagination

Mar 31, 2018

Overcoming A Fear of Fiction

It has typically been easy for me to identify as a reader. I love books and bookstores, my disposable income is often used to support my…

Feb 14, 2018

Overcoming A Fear of Fiction

Feb 14, 2018

Statement of Intent

If I do nothing else, let me curate and share to positive effect.

Feb 10, 2018

Statement of Intent

Feb 10, 2018

Die Sprachbürgerschaft - Ein Dialog

Grüßgott! Ich habe Sie schon öfters gesehen. Was machen Sie denn hier in unserer Sprache?

Jan 20, 2018

Die Sprachbürgerschaft - Ein Dialog

Jan 20, 2018

What If? And What’s Wrong?

Design Thinking and Thinking About Design We Can’t Easily See

Jan 14, 2018

What If? And What’s Wrong?

Jan 14, 2018

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Letting Go Of School In Order To Think About Education

On all of my social media profiles I self-identify as “Educator” among other titles and descriptors. I chose “educator” because it’s an…

Dec 8, 2017

Letting Go Of School In Order To Think About Education

Dec 8, 2017

Sherri Spelic

Sherri Spelic

Leadership Coach, Educator, Workshop presenter & facilitator, avid reader & writer @ home on the edge of the alps. Publisher of "Identity, Education and Power"

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