What does a kid do when her elite college dreams are being suffocated by a school system best suited to stifle mobility? How does she erase the seemingly indelible signs of inequitable schooling and resources from her record and etch her name on the registries of colleges meant for the affluent? She cheats. But she … Continue reading How a low-income Delaware student found the “cheat code” to top college admissions
All Who Can’t Hear Must Feel
This post is adapted from a speech I delivered to students at the University of Delaware Political Science and International Relations Convocation in May 2015. I’m the last of my mother’s 5 kids, she had me at 40 years old, and she named me Atnreakn Siahyonkron Babatunde Alleyne. Atnreakn is an ancient Egyptian name derived … Continue reading All Who Can’t Hear Must Feel
Curious Case of the “Couldn’t Be Dones”
I woke up this morning with Edgar Albert Guest’s poem--“It Couldn't Be Done”--on my mind. The poem reads: Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But, he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his … Continue reading Curious Case of the “Couldn’t Be Dones”
Urgency of Now 