Mistreating Blacks

Posted byDr. Bree E. CookPosted inUncategorized

myjoyteam's avatarmyjoyteamblog

A “Found Poem”

By Tyrah Lacy

I was sent off to the kitchen to eat 
I slept in a shed behind his house 
I ate alone, I didn’t want to sit at his table 
I learned what I was sent to learn 
He sent Robert to Savannah and me to a colored school in Macon 
Ray took his hand and shooed me away 
As if i were a fly 
You hit a white man? 
You gonna let a black man talk to you like that ? 
You watch your mouth 
Now strip down so I can whip you

(Found Poems are found by choosing powerful lines from some source like a novel.  Tyrah’s poem comes from writing she found in our novel, The Land)

View original post

Published by Dr. Bree E. Cook

Dr. Bree (Davis) Cook began her appointment as Vice President in May 2018. In this role Dr. Cook serves as the College’s Chief Academic Officer and as the Accreditation Liaison Officer. In her most recent position she served as associate dean of POC's School of Cultural & Family Psychology (SCFP). Dr. Cook has also held positions as the academic coordinator, assistant professor and clinical training coordinator in the SCFP. Prior to coming into higher education, Dr. Cook spent over 15 years in leadership and management positions in non-profits, serving as Family Based Services Director, Eden Dual Diagnosis Program Manager & IRB Chair and as a Staff Psychologist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Dr. Cook holds a Psy.D. and master degree in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Multicultural & Community from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, and baccalaureate degree from University of California San Diego. She is also a Certified Family Life educator (CFLE). Dr. Cook has presented over 25 papers, seminars and workshops at a number of professional conferences such as, WASC Academic Resource Conference, Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates International Conference. She is a member of the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association), National Association of African American Studies and the National Council of Family Relations.

Leave a comment