Blog 2 The silent dialogue and overview

 THE SILENCED  DIALOGUE AND OVERVIEW HANDOUT

BLOG #2

BY: Lisa Delpit

Quotes:  

"I tell them that their language and cultural style is unique and wonderful but that there is a political power game that is also being played, and if they want to be in on that game there are certain games that they too must play."

This quote stood out to me, i like how he stood how unique and the important their language and culture is. 

" I do not advocate that is the school's job to attempt to change the homes of poor and nonwhite children to match the homes of those in the culture of power. That may indeed be a form of cultural genocide. I have frequently heard schools call poor parent "uncaring" when parents respond to the school's urging, saying, " But that's the school's job." What The school personnel fail to understand is that if the parents were members of the culture of power and lived by its rules were members of the culture of power and lived by its rules and codes, then they would transmit those codes to their children. In fact, they transmit another culture that children must learn at home in order to survive in their communities." (pg 30)

This section of the article caught my attention because they try to change the culture of the "poor" instead of making the culture deal with equal power. To thrive in the community, these children must learn to adjust to a foreign culture. 

Reflection:

     Delpit talks about the discrimination within the school system.

This topic I wanted to shared something personal because reading it hits home, coming from a Latin community i've face discrimination not only coming from the students and schools but your able too also feel that vibes from your teachers which sucks, I remember being in middle school and feeling odd, different from others just because i wasn't fluent on english. English is my second language and it felt like it was always brought upon the table there was this word kids used around to kind of "separate" us they will call us  " Hicks", For example they will use it in a way it irritated me because I understand im hispanic but there was no need for the names calling and the feelings of pushing us to the side, we were as equal as them and instead of coming together as one the school made it worst, entering high school they literally had us separated one hallway were kids who had ELD classes and all of our classes were quite together and in the same area, and in the other side of the building there was a hallway with REGULAR kids who had the regular courses and also had must of their classes together and within the same area, moving towards sophomore year when they decided to mixed us all up it was easy to see the separations within cultures and friends is like we have never actually been together in the same group, i had friends and even myself who felt kind of restrained in class scared of pronouncing something wrong, scared of being judge it was just a feeling nobody talked about but everyone knew it was always there. 



Video: These videos talk about schools segregation.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pLzk4dv16I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2TG9n0vc-4  




 



Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality - The New York TimesMost Americans Say Segregation in Schools a Serious Problem



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