“Know your enemy, know his sword.” -Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings I am signing up for just about every training, microcredential, and workshop on artificial intelligence implementation in higher education. This week, I completed a three-day faculty development workshop that walked us through gauging AI’s “disruption” in our classrooms and assignments. Overall, I…
Category: Anti-Colonialism
4 Common Myths About Ancestry DNA Testing
Understand that if you are someone who worries about state surveillance or police violence, contributing DNA samples and genealogical information to “ancestry” corporations only feeds the system. The Biden administration’s failure to renew or bolster antitrust protections prior to his end-of-term allowed for the current wave of corporate restructuring and mergers, but most media attention…
Ableist Terms & Slurs: Part 2
This set includes eight different terms with their original meanings, common use, and sociopolitical implications. The next set will focus on mental health and hospital jargon. Removing oppressive, racial capitalist language from our vocabularies is a necessary part of the decolonization process. When someone claims these terms are neutral or their use is inconsequential, what…
Compulsory Cursive Writing Instruction is a Colonial Relic
An earlier version of the following was originally posted to Facebook: Oct 24, 2025. My post on cursive writing struck a nerve. Good. Romans invented cursive. There’s a reason colonial empires elevate it above other writing styles. There’s a reason people will think, “ooh fancy,” or “wow so neat!” when looking at English cursive writing…
Ableist Terms & Slurs
Their Meanings & Origins Removing oppressive, racial capitalist language from our vocabularies is a necessary part of the decolonization process. When someone claims these terms are neutral or their use is inconsequential, what they are doing is saying they value individual linguistic expression more than the very lives of disabled people. While you might not…
James Watson
James Watson was a eugenicist who stole Rosalind Franklin’s research to advance his white supremacist views regarding genetic predisposition, blood purity, & biological race (see: “African DNA”) He also promoted the lie that DNA can be accurately read using markers. May he burn in Hell. Further Reading “DNA Pioneer Stripped of Honors Over ‘Reprehensible’ Race…
No, Support for Israel Isn’t Dividing the Republican Party
NPR… you’re wrong. New Christian Conservatism arose in the 1930s in the U.S. as a direct response to populist socialism campaigns run by “progressive” politicians. It’s survived decades of changing tides within western neoliberalism, libertarianism, and neoconservatism. One genocide is not going to destabilize white supremacy. “Some very influential leaders, all of whom I like…