Lisa Delpit
The Delpit article starts with moving testimonies from African American teacher's discussing the on going difficulties they encounter with the education system. These difficulties focus mainly on the education of African American students or the lack of. In retrospect they talk about the already known controversies that arise with educational standards of White students and how it differs from the educational standards of African American students. I found these to be interesting and just as important as the core elements in the article.
"If you try to suggest that's not quite the way it is, they get defensive, then you get defensive, then they'll start reciting research.
I try to give them my experiences, to explain. They just look and nod, the more i try explain, they just look and nod, just keep looking and nodding. They don't really hear me. Then, when its time for class to be over, the professor tells me to come to his office to talk more. So i go. He asks for more example of what i'm talking about, and he looks and nods while i give them. Then he says that that's just my experience. It doesn't really apply to most black people."
This quote is a clear representation of the disconnect in the education system. When there are still strong racial walls up in our society and our everyday life, how are we supposed to form equal education rights and expectations. Delpit fights for the equal education of all students and for the individual expectation of each student not based on the color of their skin but on their own individual intellectual abilities.
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