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09/08/2026

09/03/2026

Be among the first to experience this newly reimagined gallery, including the rare opportunity to step inside the 4,300-year-old Tomb Chapel of Kaipure, one of the Penn Museum's most remarkable archaeological marvels—on view for the first time in 30 years.
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This fall, enjoy a full season of discovery with free Museum admission year-round—including CultureFest!
Día de los Mu***os on October 24 — plus Member Mornings, lectures, discounts on tours, special events, and more!!

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08/29/2026

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08/23/2026

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

08/23/2026

The claim that Black people associate academic achievement with “acting white” is largely a distortion of a much more complicated history.

The idea gained popular attention through the work of sociologists John Ogbu and Signithia Fordham, particularly their 1986 study of Black students at a Washington, D.C., high school. They argued that some Black students experienced a conflict between academic achievement and Black cultural identity. The phrase “acting white” became the shorthand for that phenomenon.

But there are several problems with turning that finding into a general statement about Black people:

It was never a universal Black cultural belief. Black communities have a long tradition of explicitly valuing education—from Black colleges and universities to churches, mutual-aid societies, teachers, parents, and intellectuals who treated education as a pathway to collective liberation.

Black educational achievement has historically been celebrated. Think about Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Carter G. Woodson, the teachers of Rosenwald Schools, and generations of Black parents who sacrificed precisely so their children could become educated.

The structural context matters. When Black students resist school, it is often more productive to ask what kind of schooling they are being asked to accept. Schools have historically marginalized Black history, language, communities, and intellectual traditions. Alienation from schooling is not necessarily opposition to learning.

The “acting white” narrative can itself reproduce a deficit view of Black culture. It subtly suggests that academic excellence is naturally associated with whiteness and that Black students must overcome their culture to achieve. That premise is precisely what culturally relevant pedagogy challenges.

Peer pressure exists across racial groups. Adolescents can stigmatize peers for violating group norms—whether the issue is academics, wealth, athletics, sexuality, clothing, or social status. Treating this as uniquely “Black” requires much stronger evidence than the popular narrative usually provides.

The deeper issue is who gets to define what academic excellence looks like.

08/22/2026

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08/14/2026

Founded by Jaylen Brown, The 7uice Foundation partners with institutions, organizations and social change leaders to bridge the opportunity gap for youth in traditionally underserved communities. ❤️🖤💚

The 7uice Foundation's work is centered on the premise that history has created entrenched barriers to educational opportunity, socio-economic mobility, and access to health and wellness for marginalized communities.