By any means necessary

We are now not only behind but out of order as well -- to come, if I can get it together: Gandhi; Martin Luther King, Jr; Viktor Frankl. Malcolm X week went well; we discussed privilege, stereotyping, and old lady conspiracy theories regarding the racial/ethnic makeup of the student bodies in the colleges at our university. A former student of mine (from Merrill) joined us as well -- new blood, different Core, same considerations.

Core Café flyer by Clo Blanco.

Malcolm X scared a lot of my students, and that's okay. Many of them came around, and when they started making connections between Nietzsche's "slave morality" and Malcolm's critique of Christianity, the twinkle in their eyes lit up my heart. 

Nothing feels better than 18 year olds coming around to Friedrich Nietzsche (vis-a-vis Malcolm X Shabazz). Will to power, meet (post)colonial theory.