... wrestles with the concept of “dignity” when weighing the worth of her own education with the discrimination she faces to earn her degree. Using the themes of the author's text and research, this poem stylizes a “dignity-conferring” education through perseverance in the face of racism and divisiveness...

...Anne Harris; Susan Davis; Kim Snepvangers; Leon de Bruin As creative economies and industries continue to impact emerging markets and cultural conversations, creative education seems no more central to these conversations than it was a decade ago. Two recent Creativity Summits marked...

..., dangerous, hypersexual, and lazy (Brown, 2005; Hopson & Orbe, 2007; Jackson, 2006; Noguera, 2008; Orbe, 1994, 2003). Shamefully absent is the identification of Black men as intellectual, academically inclined, and educationally invested. This stark absence is contextualized (but by no means justified...