Black Lives Matter
Published August 2020 I have a whole collection. Unpublished letters to the editor, unsent texts, correspondence to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, notes of what I needed to say to superintendents of other nearby districts, business owners, and citizens that lived near many of our schools from my time as the superintendent of the Owensboro Public Schools all about issues of racism. I would on a weekly, if not daily basis, witness structural racism directed at Black students in our school district. I felt a constant anguish in my heart that I was never doing enough in the face of these disgusting displays of inhumanity directed at my students and friends. My initial reaction was always to fight back and use my position to label such behavior for what it was-- racist. However, on many occasions, I was talked down by those who would rather me take a less outward role toward this issue. “This is nothing new, it has been happening for many years,” they ...