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 @ 5:51 PM
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Delpit Prompt #2
There are so many issues that accompany trying to teach acceptance of different languages. Since we are becoming more and more diverse each day, it is impossible to eliminate cultural beliefs, values, etc. that take part in accepting a different language style. Teaching acceptance in classrooms may not eliminate the biases and opinions formed within the home, with social groups, and from social and cultural backgrounds. It would be extremely difficult to change already existing presumptions about language. In addition, the media reinforces these stereotypes and beliefs by correlating certain language styles, like southern dialect, with ignorance and inferiority, reversing any teaching of acceptance that may occur. Because of this, teaching the “language of power” would not only be easier and more effective, it will give minorities an advantage in succeeding in a society where the “language of power” prevails, is accepted, and is rewarded.
I think even if acceptance was taught for many years to come, and everyone in the world is cool with everyone else, there is still going to be a "culture of power" because it boils down to a professional way of articulating yourself to particular audiences. I have said this on nearly every post.
I completely agree. I think that the key to succeeding in a "culture of power" involves knowing the "language of power".
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