Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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Do not fear failure. But, please, be terrified of regret. Giving up is the birth of regret. Deshauna Barber This post is for my daughter (and every student). You are coming of age in a world that sends you mixed signals. It tells you to speak your truth, but punishes you when your voice shakes…
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Preface: A Call to the Courageous To my fellow educators, researchers, and freedom dreamers: It is no longer enough to whisper about injustice at conferences. It is no longer enough to bury our critiques in dense academic journals. If you believe—as I do—that education is a liberatory act, then you are already dangerous to those…
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This post is for all my high school friends who support Trump—especially the ones who balked, rolled their eyes, or laughed when comparisons were drawn between authoritarian regimes and what’s happening in the U.S. right now. I get it. I really do. No one wants to believe it can happen here. No one wants to…
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I want to have one of the difficult and not often discussed conversations. Recently, I was talking with a group of students about the challenges we face within the Latino community based on national origin. The discussion was honest, raw, and necessary. I shared how some Latinx communities in the U.S. replicate the same divisions…
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In an era defined by political whiplash and political overload, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Every day brings a fresh headline: Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison. Trump posts an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope. Trump says inject bleach. Trump retweets conspiracy theories about lightbulbs or Taylor Swift. At first glance,…
Cloaking Inequity 