Armstrong and Wildman "Colorblindness is the New Racism" ; " All Lives Matter"

 

" This authors (Armstrong and Wildman) argue that White privilege includes the assumption that White people define a societal norm that people of color are "other" often considered inferior or dangerous because Whites represent the societal "normal" benchmark " the White person has an everyday option not to think of him/herself in racial terms at all".

Three Quotes:

"Whites fear creating the impression that they are insensitive or prejudiced" (Johnson et al., 2009 p.559) pg. 67

• I fell that this quote represents that whites try to hide their prejudice and insensitive. They have to maintain a formal appearance.

Whites need to learn about its accompanying privilege (Case, Iuzzini, & Hopkins, 2012) pg. 67

• This quote speaks for itself. That whites have the accompanying privilege and need to learn how they acquired the privilege.

To draw the harmful operation of colorblindness into relief and to counter the idea of colorblindness or the notion that society is post-racial, the authors propose utilizing "color insight". ( Armstrong & Wildman, 2008, 2012)  pg. 67

• The authors want us to become open to all colors.

Connections to other Articles:

Reading this article I connect this to Lisa Delpit "The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children

I think of  words as Power , Privilege, and White, Society. Delpit speaks about white educators understanding the world that African-American children live in and where they come from and how to open yourself up beyond your own world and look into their world on different levels of life, and education.

White Privilege

“The unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements, benefits and choices bestowed upon people solely because they are white”

Race

“Race” is a social construct, but the experience of racism is real

Racism

“Racism is different from racial prejudice, hatred, or discrimination. Racism involves one group having the power to carry out systematic discrimination through the institutional policies and practices of the society and by shaping the cultural beliefs and values that support those racist policies and practices” (DBWorks).

Whiteness

“a dominant cultural space with enormous political significance, with the purpose to keep others on the margin”

Anti-Racism

What is “anti-racism” and why does it matter?

https://www.huffpost.com/topic/critical-race-theory

https://www.theroot.com/white-privilege-cards-lead-high-school-students-to-st-

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Other People's Children ( Cultural Conflict in the Classroom) By Lisa Delpit

Cultural Conflict in the Classroom 

Three Talking Points

 1.The author maintains that black students do not advance with this method, and that the direct teaching of skills is crucial to  their success. Delpit suggests that black educators recognize that black students are already fluent and are anxious to teach them the “correct” conventions so that they can achieve success in mainstream white society.

2.Delpit shows' how nonwhite educators have passionately spoken out about being left out of the conversation concerning  how to best educate children of color. Delpit examines the issues that create these complete communication blocks through the lens of   her theme, “the culture of power.” The author suggests that although she believes that a culture of power exists in this   country, she does not advocate for passive mass compliance, but rather “a diversity of style” and that each cultural group should   be allowed to maintain its own language style. 

3. All teachers must teach all students the explicit and implicit rules of power as a first step toward a more just society.

Argument Statement

Those with power are frequently least aware – or least wiling to acknowledge – its existence. Those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

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