https://s3.amazonaws.com/hackedu/header_new.pngBy Audrey Watters.I can’t really remember the particular event that prompted me to send a message to my friend José Vilson, saying “We need to propose an Educon session on ‘privilege.’”It might have been someone in a position of power in education arguing that “others” just need to learn to be more like them – or just have more “grit.” It might have been one of a zillion lists of “The Top” and “The Best” and “The Most Influential” in education that fail to recognize a single person of color. It might have been discussions about “genius” or “intelligence” or “success” in which these things are defined in such a way that, for most of us, these labels are unattainable – no matter how much we “lean in” – because these things are structurally unattainable. Read more...