Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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A racist image goes viral. The community is outraged. Students are disciplined. Statements are issued. Eventually, the headlines move on. But we should ask a bigger question: What did anyone learn? That is the question after four students at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara were shown recreating an AI image of young Black…
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Nikole Hannah-Jones’s essay about her daughter’s education is heartbreaking because it poses a question almost every parent understands: Did I make the right choice for my child? Hannah-Jones made the choice more publicly and politically than most. A decade ago, she and her husband sent their daughter, Najya, to a predominantly Black, high-poverty public school…
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There has been a lot written about screen time, so I should probably begin with a confession: I am averaging about eight hours a day this week, and I am not particularly proud of it. We are constantly told to put our phones down, stop scrolling, step away from social media, and spend more time…
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There is a line usually attributed to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels: “Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty.” There is no reliable evidence that Goebbels actually said those exact words. But watching American politics right now, it is difficult not to think about the political strategy captured by the line. For decades,…
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Is the provost at UT-Austin a right wing political operative? The University of Texas at Austin is eliminating majors in African and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Race, Indigeneity, and Migration. These are not abstract academic labels. They represent the histories, intellectual traditions, and lived experiences of…
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