Perfect way to start Day 3 of #NCTE19 is listening to @nenagerman at the @HeinemannPub Don Graves Breakfast, who always speaks truth to power. #DisruptTexts

“I appreciate politeness, kindness, civility but I don’t want us to use those really good ideas as a cover for things that are wrong. We cannot use politeness to silence conversations in the classroom.” @nenagerman #NCTE19 #DisruptTexts

. @nenagerman is redefining kindness. “We cannot use kindness as balm. We can’t ask students to be kind when they should be just.” #NCTE19 #DisruptTexts

“We cannot use civility to silence students of color and other marginalized students when they are speaking truth. We need to create spaces where Ss bodies are not being managed.” @nenagerman #NCTE19 #DisruptTexts

“Our society is in need of teachers who will stand up for truth.” @nenagerman #NCTE19 #DisruptTexts

“Today’s racial terrorists don’t burn crosses. They hoard resources, maintain low expectations for Brown children. They sit on your school board and your grade level teams.” @MisterMinor #NCTE19

Define racists by the outcomes they consistently produce. Define liberators by the *freedom* they produce.

And @tianasilvas is a liberator. Her Ss are the freest Ss I know. And children can only be free if their teachers are free. (paraphrased) @MisterMinor #NCTE19

I am all tears here at the @HeinemannPub breakfast and can’t capture all the truth spoken this morning. Listening to @tianasilvas and I’m done. Whew. #NCTE19