(Re) Birth of a Nation

Durham Association of Educators (DAE) has been putting in work over the years to grow their membership. Apparently, they are no longer a predominantly white union. I wish they had put just as much energy into growing their critical consciousness and developing a liberatory framework. As an educator and former dues paying member of DAE, I believe DAE should be using their collective organizing power to support our predominantly Black and Brown students as they advocate for educator and worker rights, but they don’t. Their mode of operation is how to gain power over and not power with the community.  These are white supremacy moves. Amid the disastrous failure unraveling in Durham Public Schools , DAE usurped the protesting movement from the bus drivers and created their own demands that apparently didn’t align with everyone they claimed to represent. As such, DAE was surprised by the canceling of schools on February 9th & 12th because they did not organize this call-out . This i