Getting ready for a #danceasdiscourse session later. Gotta show #gratitude to my body and my #ancestors. #vanity4themovement #joyisthemovement #rezarites #teachingisthenewblack #ambitiousblackfeminist #koffee #toast #blacklivesmatter #carefreeblackgirl #blackgirlmagic #3amblack https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVVX6EnejJ/?igshid=1gl1yeknhytkk
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Teaching is the New Black
Summer 2017
By Reza Rites
It's hard to show gratitude
When the thanks
Are built on a mountain so high
Made of ascending sediments
Of Distrust
Disdain
And disrespect
Wounds that not only build
Natural monuments
But that harden and mutate
Inside
Like kidney stones
And cancer
But I can because you cared
For me
And massaged my heart
Twin from another
Mother
Sister sent from the same
Universe
Doppelgänger and curl-slayer
Thank you
It's hard to show gratitude
When the thanks
Are built on a mountain so high
Made of ascending sediments
Of Distrust
Disdain
And disrespect
To offer thanks
Could also break
The postule of grief
Puss gushing with moments
And memories
Of hostility and disregard
Stark contrasts to
The care and open arms
Of a child who interrupted
Cycles of sadness
Yes
I do want to see
How you become one of
The tree people
Yes
I do want to become one
Too
Thank you
It's hard to show gratitude
When the thanks
Are built on a mountain so high
Made of ascending sediments
Of Distrust
Disdain
And disrespect
You knew me before
This scene
And you still embraced
Me
And that me
And her too
Laughter as welcomed
As despair
As welcomed
As love
A mirror framed by
My past, present
And future
And by the dreams
You invite me to
Swim in with you
Thank you
It's hard to show gratitude
When the thanks
Are built on a mountain so high
Made of ascending sediments
Of Distrust
Disdain
And disrespect
Yes
But I am lucky
For
I met many mountain climbers
This summer
Who partied at the peak
Of my truth
Stayed when the sun tumbled
Behind the hills
And danced when she
Returned
To her apex
Thank you
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Emerged from a particular difficult season of senior projects to enter into a particularly difficult season of end of year grading and reporting, interrupted by three days of stomach flu then (over?) working on Juneteenth, to then being ultra aware of missing my daddy on the day o' daddies. But I emerged! Check on your weak-stomached friends, friends. You never know when they're violently vomiting and retching and in need of help. Sunshine, laughter, and healthy digestion. - Reza Rites #RezaRites #Vanity4TheMovement #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #3AmBlack #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #NailArt #Rumchata @BlackGirlMagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYHZoUn1E9p5YARTWrQjpgBnzSH4ZQH-S7pGY0/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Fighting back against food additives and preservatives, and balancing the nightly dose of frosted fudge brownies that have been successful at tempting me this week. Anyone who knows me knows I love grapefruit, though. Mmmmmm. Sunshine and laughter. - Reza Rites #RezaRites #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #Vanity4TheMovement #FreshFood #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #3amBlack #SelfCare https://www.instagram.com/p/CPHOL6DniCiD25xJUJtdFKBLLDS-IS3ZT8qq340/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Flowers from two lovely people today. Stunned and utterly moved. #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #LoveSweetLove https://www.instagram.com/p/CObZJZUHO7ZN7zECaoJUcBVN-STzArDjNgekPo0/?igshid=1tlxqag4hzvqw
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Everyone is a teacher Everyone is a learner #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #RezaRites #AmbitiousBlackFeminist https://www.instagram.com/p/CMH2-IlHTun/?igshid=er3jyj03scg
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There's some love under there. I swear. #RezaRites #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #Vanity4TheMovement #GradingIsTheMovement #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #3amBlack #NaturalHair https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSo8XBHQcOQ41SxARmyzj1XhXCc2aBykpk_P80/?igshid=1mcemiaettwva
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Young* Gifted Black And stepping out in yellow *and still claiming young #RezaRites #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #Vanity4TheMovement #JoyIsTheMovement #NinaSimone #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #RastaGirl #MamaAfrica #SoulRebel #TeacherLife https://www.instagram.com/p/CK8A7b5HmVkoBqfA560M35ca6V1touPpgdMG_80/?igshid=13e3b4hzrn8o1
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Back at the source for tonight's dance session. What's your source? Join me in the stories if you need a dance partner or want to pay tribute to Gaia LaVonne Gallactica. Or bus' a move to the videos attached here, from Monday's Nov 9 session. Sunshine and laughter. - Reza Rites #DanceAsDiscourse #Vanity4TheMovement #JoyIsTheMovement #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #RezaRites #3amBlack #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #CareFreeBlackGirl #BlackGirlMagic #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #SayHerName https://www.instagram.com/p/CHeF1iJnv_1nBdTimWkhHWMFkuiVKf0EUtQzFI0/?igshid=73fjjz2ywxx3
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Time to get a move on! Join me in the stories or work it out with these clips from Friday's session. Sunshine and laughter. - Reza Rites #DanceAsDiscourse #Vanity4TheMovement #JoyIsTheMovement #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #RezaRites #3amBlack #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #CareFreeBlackGirl #BlackGirlMagic #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #SayHerName https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDoupEn1P8SxIVGcwwJFkFC6hYv5CBeWsX0cw0/?igshid=1x8odkx29lrgg
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It's Friday, y'all, and I'm trying to get back on-rhythm. Join me in the stories if you want a Friday afternoon workout partner or feel a taste of the vibes here, through a few video clips leftover from Wednesday's session. Sunshine and laughter. - Reza Rites #DanceAsDiscourse #Vanity4TheMovement #JoyIsTheMovement #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #RezaRites #3amBlack #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #CareFreeBlackGirl #BlackGirlMagic #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #SayHerName https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-uzCYnYOA7oP28WutqKOvgYE64c0iBghNkuI0/?igshid=j2n5wfs37baw
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Hi friends, physically I'm still feeling sensitive, but I'm also feeling ready to MOVE! Check out some of my leftover video clips from Monday's session, or join me in the stories in a few minutes if you need inspiration or a workout buddy right now. Sunshine and laughter. - Reza Rites #DanceAsDiscourse #Vanity4TheMovement #JoyIsTheMovement #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #RezaRites #3amBlack #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #CareFreeBlackGirl #BlackGirlMagic #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #SayHerName https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5taQanRRt-YzKv6_GGgMYa1f8DJUngxlmCfc0/?igshid=1b79qnsyjqa7k
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I am neither the first Nor the last To Turn to syncopation And melody-fueled fluidity To celebrate Build community And heal My art Lives here For now #DanceAsDiscourse #Vanity4TheMovement #JoyIsTheMovement #AmbitiousBlackFeminist #RezaRites #3amBlack #TeachingIsTheNewBlack #CareFreeBlackGirl #BlackGirlMagic #BlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #SayHerName https://www.instagram.com/reel/CGM9D1jnX6A/?igshid=nygermyq78zw
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Grateful to have had a stage from which to discuss some of the research related to 1) teachers of color leaving the field and 2) students of color being mistreated daily. To do so sandwiched in between two poems represents a dream come true, in many ways. Thanks for inviting me, trusting me, and loving me. You know who you are (and there are many). #evenwhenthesunburns #3amblack #poetry #3amblackpoetry #womensmarch2018 #wmwri18 #rezarites #ambitiousblackfeminist #educolor #teachingisthenewblack
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Hey y'all, today's poetry prompt is inspired by my students and the journal/writing exercise we did today. Some of you might be inspired, so I'll share part of it here: If you had to pick a superhero to help Planet Earth during this Coronavirus public health emergency, who would you choose? Respond to today’s prompt by answering the question and providing details in a paragraph style, or you can select to write it as a poem, short story, conversation between you and the superheroes, a planning meeting between the superheroes with each other, a comic strip, or as a film summary. So have at it - through poetry, short story-writing, or any other genre of your choice. Just give yourself room to hope, dream, and visualize the day we're able to definitively kick Coronavirus butt. #nationalpoetrymonth #3amblackpoetry #teachingisthenewblack #rezarites #ambitiousblackfeminist #3amblack https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fYCG-HuFL/?igshid=10ezi47x5jjdo
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Spent some time today trying to get my students ready for National Poetry Month, which starts tomorrow. Today I asked them to respond to the question - What is poetry? Will you be participating in NPM, personally or with students? #teachingisthenewblack #nationalpoetrymonth2020 #nationalpoetrymonth #rezarites #ambitiousblackfeminist #3amblack https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aihkXH_C2/?igshid=1ei3l6s3wyafh
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