The Start of It All - A Conversation with Quintin

It was an incredible privilege to engage in this conversation with Dr. Quintin Bostic about his Chapter, The Start Of It All. Quintin generously shared his deep-seated passion for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism and where it all began. Quintin articulates the defining point that was the start of his calling to work in the field of Education. He takes us through a journey of his deep love for books and the absence of characters that looked like him. We covered a broad range of topics including race, diversity, equity, authors, stereotypical depiction of characters, messages implied in texts, and so on. Quintin also delves into the potential breadth & depth that can be drawn from diverse literature (discuss culture, race, politics, society, history, etc.). He has created a wonderful resource, Text Analysis Toolkit in partnership with Student Achievement Partners. This resource assists teachers to reflect on their self-identity and that of their students, analyse texts with multiple lenses (Cultural Competence, Academic Success, Social/Emotional Competence), and consider the implications for the use of texts. This resource can be found on https://achievethecore.org/peersandpedagogy/the-untapped-potential-of-text-analysis/ Quintin Bostic can be found on https://drquintinbostic.com/ and can be contacted via email on [email protected] . A huge thanks to Quintin for engaging in this conversation and to everyone else that will be listening to it on Facebook or on Podcast. Feel free to share it with others. :)