At the end of last year I was introduced to a card
game titled, Black Card Revoked. I
learned of this game at a Christmas party I attended and it was fun, and very
interesting. Black Card Revoked is a
trivia-like card game consisting of questions celebrating black culture in the
most exciting, hilarious, and engaging ways. When I played and it was time to
split up for teams, I endured a little teasing from some of my other fellow
African-Americans in the room for not being woke or black enough, but rather
too bougie (a popular
African-American colloquialism for being stuck up or extra fancy) to keep up. There
were plenty of laughs and the game actually taught me some things I didn’t
know, too. For the record, I’m very much woke and to this day and for life, my
black card will forever remain intact. Anyways, the game is super dope and a
lot of fun. What kind of games do you play at gatherings?
I’m a Black educator in my fifth year of teaching middle school English, and in my third as the 8th Grade English PLC (Professional Learning Community) Lead. And while I genuinely enjoy the purposeful work I get to do, seeing the growth of my scholars, and continuing to hone my skills in a content area I’ve loved since I was a little girl, I’ve had to confront some unpleasant experiences in this space. I’d been through much worse when I was an academic advisor at a Christian university. Racism, sexism, harassment, and workplace bullying were sadly norms in that environment. However, some of what I’ve experienced as a Black educator hasn’t been normal … It doesn’t seem normal to be the only Black educator in my department – in a predominantly Black school. One of my Black colleagues once said, “It should look like a Tyler Perry movie in here.” But it doesn’t. It didn’t feel normal being reprimanded in a meeting (during my second year of teaching) by an administrator who went in on...