Class on teaching writing.

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For those interested: Delpit wrote a critique in 1988 flatly stating that a "culture of power" plays out in classrooms, i.e., that while white middle class kids have privilege and access to the language of power, POCs (largely black, urban, poor) do not. From her perspective, teaching strategies that assume everyone has equal access do kids a disservice.

Seems relevant to many of the questions people have been wrestling with on LJ lately. If anyone's interested, help yourself -- Delpit, 1988.