Thread by @jennthetutor

Everyone gets to decide how to heal from their trauma. a counter voice was presented in @educationweek-no shade on that

@educationweek has not removed the article of Julie. Julie showed who she was- she moved on to defending TJ’s admission policy that excluded Black applicants

That’s right... Julie went from mocking a Black educator, being amplified by @educationweek on saying leave your life mattering at home, to siding with those defending a TJHS applicant process that produced no Black applicants this year

Meanwhile, as a direct result of my inability stay silent, I am now being targeted by the anti-w*ke (have to star it to prevent more) army whose views would be embraced by guess who (can’t say it because I’ll be targeted)

Here’s the reality:

Had @educationweek not published Julie’s piece, that wouldn’t have happened. I would not be under fire for comments I made in response to @educationweek

I take accountability for my comments- I wonder if @educationweek can take accountability promoting, getting traffic, and profiting from the piece

I am now a target due to the fallout of @educationweek

The direct result @educationweek of you publishing this "diversity of voice" is those who come to speak out will INEVITABLY AND PREDICTABLY come under fire. They still have it up ready to create additional harm

And we have no choice but to speak up because it directly impacts us when we are silent it creates more harm

And it’s so normalized that @educationweek watches it happen and doesn’t feel an apology is even owed or action needs to be done on their part.

We have seen women of color and allies take a stand

We’ve seen Julie’s stand

When does @educationweek week take a stand as an institution and repair the harm... Tell me if I missed that

I could have missed it because my mentions may have been taken over by the anti-w**e calling me stupid and everything but a child of God on repeat and trying to erode me so let me know @educationweek

I say this to say @educationweek decision to publish Julie and my decision to speak out has created real consequences for me. I am willing to accept that.

Consequences are harassment that isnormalized as acceptable because I'm believed to be invincible

I'm not saying I'm a victim here but I'm the collateral damage

And I’m tired of @educationweek stepping over that like it doesn’t matter and thinking they have repaired it when it hasn’t been repaired for me- I accept it may have been repaired for others but not for me

So I’m glad others got a platform to tell their story and again no shade but until @educationweek decides to disassociate with and stop receiving traffic from and profiting off of clicks from Julie, I cannot support them. And clearly my support is not needed for them to continue

I refuse to give @educationweek any traffic until they take down Julie’s piece that harmed so many

Which is unfortunate because I would have loved to read the thoughts published today but I refuse to give @educationweek any traffic while the continue to benefit off of Julie

By take accountability I mean I accept there are consequences that follow from my comments