Learn how Sunni Ali focuses on the pressing need for reform, and calls out issues like biased curriculums, racial disparities in school funding, and the lack of culturally responsive teaching methods.
About The Author
Sunni Ali
Hi, my name is Sunni Ali, and I am a professor at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU)’s Goodwin College of Education Department.
I attained my Doctorate in Educational Administration from Roosevelt University and am a Professor with over 26 years of high school teaching experience as a Social Science and Special Education Instructor.
With a Doctorate in Educational Administration, I have authored multiple articles and five books. I work to recruit, prepare, and partner with schools to retain more Black and Latino American men in the classroom. I am also a consultant with Illinois Grow Your Own.
About The Author
Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali is an Associate Professor at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Education Inquiry Curriculum Studies Department. He earned his Doctorate in Educational Administration from Roosevelt University and has 24 years of high school teaching experience as a social science and special education instructor, including 2-years as a school district administrator. Since becoming an Associate Professor at NEIU, Professor Ali has produced several published articles and three texts.
About The Book
The Public
System
System
Got Me F'D Up!
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About The Book
The Public
System
System
Got Me F'D Up!
The Public School System Got Me F’d Up!, unravels the challenges seen in many urban schools and addresses the solutions needed to improve students’, parents’, and teachers’ interactions and experiences with these institutions.
Despite all that is said about what’s wrong with urban public schools and how ineffective they are, especially toward minorities, some good happens in school buildings every day. Teachers continue to inspire, children learn, principals lead, unions represent and fight for better salaries and treatment of their peers, parents care for and nurture their children, and educators teach. Yet, there remains so much work to be done. Yes, we need a change in how public schools operate.
This book intends to inspire, rally, and foster the change so many desperately desire to move away from a model that did more damage than good. A system in many urban and rural spaces that needs disruption to implement equity, equality, inclusion, and democracy.
About The Book
An American Love Story:
Islam and the Black Experience
The book explores Islam’s historical advancement from West Africa to modern black Americans. The journey notes the importance of Islam’s spread into Europe, fueling its transcendence beyond the Dark Ages. A review of the Founding creators of the Republic, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, surfaces as they understood the brilliance of Islam in advancing Europe by participating in the Masonic order.
Post-slavery, the role of African spirituality, history, and American challenges are investigated, explaining how these important themes rebirthed Islam into the conscience of black Americans. As such, the book identifies the intersectionality between Islam and Christianity, particularly how Evangelism and Presbyterianism prompted some black persons to pursue a faith different from their oppressor.
Moreover, a historical linkage manifests in the text, examining Prince Hall’s Masons, the Moorish and Ahmadiyya believers, and Garvey’s Pan-Africanism influence on the Nation of Islam’s radical philosophy and persuasion in broadcasting the faith to the American populace.
Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali’s significance as members of the Nation of Islam is highlighted, noting how their spirits continue to recruit and qualify Islam for black Americans. Moreover, establish how their profound legacies birthed the poets of Hip-Hop to proselytize the gift of Islam’s persuasion on the black nation.
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Here's to This Flag of Mine
An examination of Black loyalty to the flag, this book looks at the views of Frederick Douglass, Muhammad Ali, Colin Kaepernick, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson Sr., and many others. It reviews the response of the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter. The book discusses the loyalty of African Americans in the military. Other issues are discussed including police brutality, excessive prison incarceration, and voter suppression.
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Excerpt from the Book
It didn’t work—public schools teaching Black and Brown people. It was all about control. The system was designed to prepare minority people to conform to the capitalist system, get a job, and die in debt.
The model also needed to prepare students to work for themselves, empower their community, and enlighten each other on the truth of who they are. And it simply did not do that.
It worked by developing tests that supported the racial learning gap theory while ensuring instruction and the curriculum were taught from a white perspective or lens. The school system maintained inequity by shutting down struggling schools in Black and Latino communities and replacing Black and Brown educators with mass-produced white educators.
The system prides itself on attending school to get an education and a good-paying job. Yet, it barely appreciates the teachers who taught the people who became bankers, politicians, business leaders, and successful members of society.
Teacher Appreciation Week is not enough. If you truly value teachers, pay them what they deserve.
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Sunni Ali offers a timely examination of our educational landscape by challenging the notion that schools are mere institutions, instead presenting them as spaces that can either uplift or oppress. This book inspires readers to envision a future where all children have access to quality education, free from the constraints of outdated policies and practices.
Dr. Lisa Thompson
Educational Advocate
Sunni Ali’s book is a groundbreaking exploration of how systemic issues in our schools reflect broader societal inequalities. His perspective on critical literacy and the intersection of Hip-Hop culture in education is particularly enlightening. This book is a call to action for parents, educators, and community leaders to work together for a better future for our children.
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