Do poor whites, also referred to as “white trash,” fall under the dominated cultures category alongside of African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos?
No. Although poor whites might experience similar cultural problems as blacks or other dominated groups, they still exercise racial privilege.
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What was the turning point for the Cheeroke Indian culture in 1827?
The bilingual newspaper
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What is the characteristic of indigenous groups?
Reliance on traditional knowledge and the wisdom of elders; the knowledge is based on centuries of experience.
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Who was more interested in directly instructing children of dominated cultures?
Lisa Delpit
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Is there a right or a wrong between the holistic, spiritual beliefs of Native Americans and the linear and central focus belief of Europeans/Westerners?
There is not necessarily a right or a wrong. The way you answer this question is relative to you & your beliefs.
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What is assimilation?
To bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, or views of another culture.
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Why do some people argue that schools should teach both the culture of power elite and that of the dominated culture?
- To help students to be able to function in both communities
- To help students to become bicultural. |
What needed to be considered when preparing students to achieve in the real world, from Lisa Delpit’s prospective?
Traditional culture
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What does the term “white trash” mean to you?
According to the book, white trash is associated with white families that are impoverished, & fall very low on the social class scale based of income and resources.
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What was the cause of the African 'double consciousness'?
Allowed the Afircan people to navigate through thier captivitity. By still eating well and learning to read and write.
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Why do some people believe that schools should utilize the culture of dominated groups in teaching methods and in the curriculum?
To build self-esteem and positive attitudes towards schooling.
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Who did Lisa Delpit find neglecting the instruction of black students in standard English?
White teachers in Philadelphia schools
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What are ways that we can integrate multicultural education into schools?
By empowering oppressed groups, & integrating the history & culture of some dominated groups into public school curricula & textbooks.
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What was important for African Americans to pass on once out of captivity and free from racism?
The history of their hardship.
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Why do some people argue that education should be based on the culture of the power elite?
- they argue to ensure students’ future economic success
- they believe these cultural values of power elite are superior to other cultural values. |
Several black Philadelphia teachers suggested, to Delpit, that this types of education had been imposed on them by “Liberals”?
Progressive education
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Does social justice mean giving a person an opportunity to achieve within the framework of English or Native American values? Or, does it mean creating a whole new set of values for the world?
Spring poses this question at the end of “Empowerment Through Education” Section. Completely opinionated.
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Who greatly influenced the African culture durinthe early 1900s?
W.E.B. DuBois
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After the Hawaiian’s annexation, what was the consequence of intersection of cultures from Europeans, Americans, and Asians?
similar to the experience of Native Americans and Africans, the intersection of cultures had fundamentally changed native culture and created a new culture.
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Where did Delpit state that issues of power are being enacted?
In the classrooms
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