Lucifer and the Schoolteacher
The Trauma and Healing of Racism in American Education
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While running some “essential” errands, I discovered a tinge of humor in my situation as I wore my COVID-19 mask. Despite the painful realities unfolding in front of me every day, despite the fact that members of my community were branded, hunted, killed and dehumanized, my mask was supposed to protect others from my having a potential life threatening virus. How terribly paradoxical! How terribly peculiar! How terribly real! I slowly began to realize that I now embodied the very hatred that I despised, and I slowly began to understand hatred from an intimate place. Suddenly, my sobering thoughts developed a comprehension of racism.
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After suffering emotional, psychological, and spiritual trauma while witnessing George Floyd’s tragic demise, Dr. Debra Hobbs was forced into confronting her internal demons—specifically, hatred. While contemplating how she could move forward into the future knowing that her mind and heart harbored such deep-seated resentment, anger, and disillusionment, Dr. Hobbs eventually decided to embark on a journey of self-discovery to explore why Lucifer had decided to briefly reside in her heart and compromise her humanity. Within a provocative memoir, Dr. Hobbs, an experienced teacher, shares her personal story while examining the deep wounds of racism that surround the African American culture in the United States. While exposing the emotional depths of her racialized experiences, Dr. Hobbs opens the door to redemption to encourage healing and acceptance of all differences and remind us that hatred is a choice we control. Lucifer and the Schoolteacher is the emotional narrative of an African American teacher who travels deep within to explore the abyss of hatred and racism to ultimately discover love in a new way.
About the Author
Dr. Debra Hobbs is a native Pennsylvanian and seasoned English teacher. Lucifer and the Schoolteacher is her first book.