Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Narrating the Black Body in High Schools: Put Your Ears to the Ground and Listen!
  • Dr. Awad Ibrahim
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • #BlackInSchool
  • #HighSchoolAndTheBlackBody
  • #ToBeABlackStudent
  • "That English class was f*cked!"
  • The Worst Countries to Live In Are Uganda, Sudan, and Congo...
  • #OnRacismAgain
  • Part II
  • Pon di Dancehall
  • #EquatorPeople
  • Bouna Traore and Zyed Benna: #MortsPourRien
  • "Light people cannot survive in Africa" #BiologyClass
  • #BiologyClassAgain
  • #Guidance
  • "I said it is my business deh"
  • On Posters in School
  • A Walk for Water #CognitiveDissonance
  • On School Spirit Days
  • #ElevatorUseAgain
  • Just Another Reflection About School
  • The Grad House Incident
  • Appreciate the Unfortunate
  • Black Students: An Economy Overlooked
  • "Tu viens d'où?"
  • Epistemic Violence Through Selected Texts for English Courses
  • Obstetric Fistula: A Black Woman's Burden?
  • On Remembrance Day Assemblies
  • #MyEmailToTheMinister
  • Part III
  • On Wearing the Kente Sash
  • My ib Graduation and the Black Burden
  • On the Edge: A Black Girl's Pursuit of Quality Hair Care
  • "I don't think there will be anything for us"
  • On the "Fist Pump"
  • On the Name Game
  • Graduation deh! #BeingAWarrior
  • The Academic Elite
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Black Youth
  • #Legacies
  • #MikeBrown #Ferguson #Halifax
  • Conclusion
  • I Am Done deh!