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I'm happy everyone is teaching Amanda Gorman's poetry. But it's also another moment where I wonder, "Are we white teachers ready for this moment?" Whether it's Childish Gambino or The 1619 Project, white teachers always seem to have a pretty slides ready the next day. A thread 
Some of my questions are, "What internal work have we done to be ready to teach Black art or Black history? What systemic analysis have we done to put them in context? How have we examined our own biases so we create and implement a quality lesson rather than an immediate lesson?
After the inauguration, white teachers worked at a furious pace to create lessons for the next day. But how furious is our pace to improve our cultural competencies? How furious is our pace to analyze the racial dynamics in our classrooms and the relationship to our whiteness?
I believe in teaching these moments. There is intrinsic value in creating valuable learning experiences around students' lives. But are we ready to do so? We'll teach Gorman this week. But what will we do between now and next time to be better prepared? To do the work justice?
