South Central|L.A. Educator•Abolitionist•PanAfrikan 7th Grade ELA BlatinX Book Connoisseur I teach people first, and content second. My job, my purpose is to uplift and liberate our Black children; they are not victims, they walk into any room with a wealth of knowledge-my job is to teach them to tap into it and my responsibility is to dismantle Anti-Black racism in education. Research: Stereotype Threat & Anti-Black Linguistic Racism “Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story”- Beninese Proverb