Allison Harbin, PhD

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What we're fighting for...

July 19, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Activism in Education

The brand new N.S.F.S segment Tales from the White Savior Crypt, featuring our favorite GWW and GWM of the week.

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July 19, 2022 /Allison Harbin
Tales from the White Savior Crypt, James Freeman, CRT, School to Prison Pipeline, BIPOC GWW, White Supremacy
Activism in Education
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What does white supremacy even look like? bell hooks, CRT, and Education

November 16, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Melanin Deficiency & You, Anti-Racism

Black feminism is all about resisting and calling out white supremacy. Dr. Allison Harbin writes about how to resist and call out white supremacy and what the f to do with this information when it comes to racism.

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November 16, 2021 /Allison Harbin
Black feminism, bell hooks, CRT, white supremacy
Melanin Deficiency & You, Anti-Racism
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Dominican Joy, Slam Poetry, & My White Ass

September 07, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Melanin Deficiency & You

Culturally responsive teaching comes down to learning about your students and teaching them lessons based on their unique community/history/identity. About culturally responsive teaching as a practical tool in the classroom, and the joy of Dominican American students.

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September 07, 2021 /Allison Harbin
Dominican-American Joy, CRT, slam poetry
Melanin Deficiency & You
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Toxic Economics: Education and the Free Market

July 06, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Neoliberal Trashfires

In my research about inequity and secondary education, I found a correlation between inequity and urban public education. About the concept of 'backlashes,' the rise in free-market ideology, and the correlation between urban public education and inequity.

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July 06, 2021 /Allison Harbin
CRT, Black resistance, Black history, curriculum, Nell Irvin Painter, the History of White People, Tyler Stovall, White Freedom, Hard White
Neoliberal Trashfires
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The Secret Power of Karens, Black Joy, & CRT

June 29, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Melanin Deficiency & You

This week I’m thinking about Black joy and my own damn white privilege. Lemme explain… On Friday I snuck into the public school graduation of my former students. The school itself, as well as the principals and (most of) the faculty, wee the first place I ever felt a sense of professional belonging.

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June 29, 2021 /Allison Harbin
Karens, CRT, Black joy, Black Culture
Melanin Deficiency & You
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What do we do with white privilege?

June 22, 2021 by Allison Harbin in Melanin Deficiency & You

How are we different today in our perception of BIPOC individuals? Dr. Allison Harbin writes about the ways white privilege can be used as a transgression site and what she found to be her best contribution in the classroom.

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June 22, 2021 /Allison Harbin
CRT, Black resistance, Black history, curriculum, Nell Irvin Painter, the History of White People, Tyler Stovall, White Freedom, Hard White
Melanin Deficiency & You
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