Prompts for Delpit
Your assignment is to respond to one of the following questions related to Lisa Delpit’s “The Silenced Dialogue.” Aim for about 100-150 words, and post it to your team blog. Please follow the following guidelines:
1. Identify your entry with a title that suggests the content.
2. Single space.
You may respond to other people’s posts through the comment feature. You may also read the blogs of the other groups by going to: http://writingcommonsone.blogspot.com/ http://writingcommonstwo.blogspot.com/ etc. through http://writingcommonssix.blogspot.com/ You can add a comment to other blogs by using the comment feature. You can only post to your own blog.
Questions (choose one):
1. If you are preparing to teach, what are you taking away from Delpit’s article regarding language and power that might help you as a teacher, and how could you apply these ideas to your proposed level of teaching?
2. One student asked, “Why do we have to discuss teaching minority children the language of power? Why not just teach everyone acceptance?” Respond.
3. For one of Delpit’s specific proposals (refer to the article), discuss the challenges of implementation. How could these challenges be addressed?
4. Your own topic.
posted by Vicki TB @ 5:53 PM
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Delpit Response
Unfortunately, acceptance is not common currency in this world. In fact, it is precisely through exclusivity and lack of acceptance that the groups with power maintain their power. These groups occupy tiers of various shapes and sizes throughout the hierarchy of U.S. society, and no one stands a chance of ascending or succeeding without some basic tools. One of these tools is the “language of power,” as Delpit refers to it. We have demonstrated our ability to impart this language of power through education time and again. However, instilling acceptance in U.S. society has not been, and will not likely become in the future, a realistic goal. In general, acceptance of outsiders within circles of power is bred by self-interest and/or coercion. In order to give them a chance, we must equip our children to have the ability to play the part of the insider.
Cinquain
being
always
on the run
to find release
from what i know not
being (-ing verb)
always (adverb)
on the run (prepositional phrase)
to find release (infinitive verb phrase)
for reasons i know not(adverbial clause)
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