Marcus Croom, PhD

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This is America’s within : Read “Racial Literacies: Just Reading and Writing is Deadly in America” (Croom, 2016) https://medium.com//racial-literacies-just-reading-and-writing-is-deadly-in-america-8c4ce00caaa4

Just one day after Indiana Black Expo welcomed Gov. Mike Braun to one of its signature Summer Celebration events to honor distinguished Black Hoosiers, his administration announced the end of race- and sex-based contracting preferences that for decades had been used to help address the historic exclusion of Black- and women-owned businesses from state contracting.

The timing has sparked outrage across Indianapolis, with critics questioning why one of Indiana's oldest and most influential Black institutions gave a prominent platform to one of the state's most polarizing governors just hours before one of the most significant rollbacks affecting minority business programs in recent Indiana history.

Braun has become deeply unpopular among many Black Hoosiers following his rollback of former Gov. Eric Holcomb's DEI initiatives, his administration's broader changes to diversity programs, and other policies that civil rights advocates argue disproportionately harm minority communities.

Some critics have gone further, accusing Braun of advancing policies they view as racist or aligned with white supremacist ideology, claims Braun and his supporters reject.

Coming the same week as the controversy over Black-owned food vendors at Indiana Black Expo, the optics have fueled another wave of criticism aimed at the organization itself.

Some community members say Indiana Black Expo has become "out of touch," while others have accused members of its leadership of being "sell-outs" or "traitors" for embracing political leaders whose policies they believe undermine the very communities the organization was founded to uplift.

Was this simply civic engagement with the governor of Indiana—or a major misstep that further damaged Indiana Black Expo's credibility with many in the Black community?

In this easy-to-read guide, Dr. Marcus Croom offers a five-step process to help teachers and administrators discuss public issues like race, racism, and politics with students in school. This book also explains why it is necessary to have these kinds of real talks in schools and classrooms across the United States of America.
Sample: https://read.amazon.com/sample/1737678705?clientId=share

About me:
My mission is simple to state and rewarding to practice: cultivate more human fulfillment, mitigate human suffering. I am an Assistant Professor at Indiana University Bloomington and a Research Affiliate at the Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Advanced Study (Teachers College, Columbia University). My scholarship originated Practice of Race Theory (PRT), racial literacies, race critical practice analysis, and the post-White orientation — a body of work for understanding race as something we do, and therefore something we can do differently. I am the author of Real Talk? How to Discuss Race, Racism, and Politics in 21st Century American Schools (2021) and through Brio Education Consulting, which I founded, I bring research-grounded practice — not slogans — to schools, districts, universities, and organizations. Our racial past and present need not be our racial future.

Read my scholarship:
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcus-Croom
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2513-8108
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xUWINPcAAAAJ&hl=en
- Book — Real Talk? How to Discuss Race, Racism, and Politics in 21st Century American Schools (2021): https://read.amazon.com/sample/1737678705?clientId=share
- Article — Post-White Excursuses (Journal of Literacy Research, 2024): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386015023_Post-White_Excursuses_Distracting_from_Westerly_Desires_and_Destinations_in_Critical_Religious_Literacy
- Chapter — Racial literacies and comprehension (Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension, 2026): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/401548926_Racial_Literacies_and_Comprehension

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“In other words, slave society USA was critiqued by racially Black folks on metaphysical, intellectual, discursive, material, and sociopractical terms with love.” —Croom, 2024

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To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

So many great people and stories begin in Goldsboro, North Carolina. ♥️

: Our travel and collaboration in Hamburg, Germany was unforgettable!