This past weekend I received an increase in hate mail — much of it includes threats of racial, gender, and sexual violence towards me. This hate follows articles written by Fox News, Yahoo News, and Texas News Today about my article “How White Supremacy Lives in Our Schools”. My article is featured in education trainings by brave leaders who act upon their belief that schools should be places where all students feel valued and seen. Most recently it was shared during an education training hosted by Panorama Education (co-founded by Xan Tanner, the son-in-law of AG Merrick Garland). It’s fallen into the hands of people who fear threats against white supremacy and their response is to project their fear in hopes of scaring me away from advancing racial justice.  My response to their hate is…I said what I said, and I’m not the one.  I was never scared to, and never will be scared to stand by what I believe in. If you’re more angered by me calling out white supremacy than you are at white supremacy itself, then you are the problem.  I’ve always known that fighting against oppressions like white supremacy would cause conflict. This work implies confrontation