"I read books. I teach books. I write books. I think about books. It's one job." | "Writing to me is an advanced and slow form of reading."
-Toni Morrison
May 18 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
On @CollegeBoard @AP_Trevor using the "Look at me" passage from my book, Stranger Faces, for the AP Lang exam.
The College Board did not ask me or my publishers for permission to use my work. That does not, in my view, fall under "fair use," as it was not being used to teach. 1/
I have the right to determine how my work is used; I'll be pursuing this directly with @CollegeBoard.
I've been a college professor for 17 years. I disagree with standardized tests. I spent a year getting the UC Berkeley English department to stop using the GRE Subject test. 2/
Feb 23, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Re: Angela Davis landed on us.
I'm not trying to defend anybody but it is actually infuriating to see people get taken in by a 20-second clip. If you watch the full episode, you learn:
1. Davis's mother grew up in foster care; her father didn't seem to know his real parentage.
2. This means Davis has white granddaddies on both sides, which she didn't know. (Her father's father was the white neighbor 👀)
3. This also means the interracial relationships in Davis' family came AFTER slavery was abolished. They were secret relationships during Jim Crow.
