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The Tyranny of White Comfort: What Schools Fear About Black Genius (feat. Jamila Lyiscott)

From The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast · Hosted by Evalaurene Jean-Charles

2025-11-01·00:53:25

Episode summary

In this episode of The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast: This week on The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Jamila Lyiscott, a poet, scholar, and truth-teller working to dismantle one of education’s biggest lies: that the way our students speak, think, and move is something that needs to be fixed. This episode is not for the faint of heart.

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This week on The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Jamila Lyiscott, a poet, scholar, and truth-teller working to dismantle one of education’s biggest lies: that the way our students speak, think, and move is something that needs to be fixed. This episode is not for the faint of heart. It’s for the educators ready to count the cost, reclaim the classroom as sacred space, and restore dignity to the voices and cultures schools have tried to erase. Stay Connected: Follow Dr. Jamila Lyiscott – https://www.instagram.com/jamila_lyiscott/ Meet me on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/blackonblacked/Join the community – https://black-on-black-ed.kit.com/products/liberationlibrarycommunity