I am so liberal that I am willing to read and cite conservative blogs in my posts. (Or does that make me moderate?) One such blog is La Shawn Barber’s Corner, which caught my attention when I was looking for opinions on homeschooling. I have no preconceived notions about homeschooling and only started thinking about it when my wife and I were trying to come up with alternatives to applying for private school scholarships. In life we must keep our options open. I like the thought of building a genius at home. It also appears that more black people are joining the ranks of homeschoolers, which is intriguing.  I’ve never met a black person with such a background, either student or teacher. I will continue to research the topic with an open mind.
As I read more of her blog I surmised that Ms. Barber loves the idea of homeschooling and would probably hate me. I am a fairly liberal, non-profit warrior that has faith even though I don’t go to church, and I did not vote for Bush in either election. She would also find issue with the name of my blog. She thinks of herself solely as “black” whereas I think of myself as black and African American. I kind of like the fact that one title acknowledges my ancestors, while the other binds me to all of my people throughout the diaspora. I take offense to people referring to a black person born in Barbados, Jamaica, England, Cananda or wherever as African American, as do they.  We’re all black, but we’re not all African American.  The same way all conservatives are grumpy, but they’re not all Dick Cheney.
I’ve heard some Africans say that they are the only ones who can be really be called African Americans. As people of African decent, it is a good thing that we try to identify with one another.
i think we should be most proud of the african part of our names, we aren’t all american, thank god, or what a boring world this would be, but we should remember that we were all taken from the same place and scattered across the world, like when u sprinkle salt on bland food that is how we added our great flavor to the world.
Hi there, I am a black homeschool mom. Or you can say African American homeschool mom. Either or both are fine with me but I just wanted to comment that more of us are homeschooling. My husband and I have been at it since the birth of our sons (the eldest is 10). I hope that more of our folks consider this option because it is a journey you will never forget! The creativity that home educating spawns is awesome and the feeling that you get from seeing the fruit of your labor is a true gift from God. Oh, I am also a conservative… hey, I won’t hold your “liberal” label against ya though… love it that you’re a involved black dad and speaking out on your blog.
Hi I am a single mom raising a very delightful five year old boy. I have been homeschooling since birth but I did try public school out for kindergarten and it was a disaster we then went straight to homeschooling I never saw my son so happy he enjoys waking up everyday. I enjoy seeing him.