After reading the article, looking at the "Brown vs Board of Education" website, and watching the Tim Wise videos there was a lot to think about. There was plenty of information to synthesize but I think I was about to narrow the scope. The most common theme I noticed was cultural competency. Going back to one of our earliest readings, I think Delpit most accurately embodies all of these sources.
The article mentions school segregation on the level of poverty. This immediately goes back to the grounds of Brown vs Education. Segregation in schools on any terms is "separate and unequal." Delpit reminds us of privilege. Everyone has it. Rather than trying to separate children based on their financial status, it is the job of the educators to teach "the rules and codes of power." By acknowledging racial and financial differences you display a sense of cultural competency. By separating children with those particular differences you are not teaching them how to get ahead in life, you are showing them that they do not possess the means of success. When children of different ethnicities, backgrounds, and fiscal situations are integrated, they are provided with a more beneficial and well rounded education.
In Part 2 of Tim Wise's radio interview they mention Brown vs the Board of Education. They say that the passing of that act is one of many progressions towards ending racism. Wise points out that there is no single event in history that has ended slavery or segregation, established civil rights, or other national issues but it has been a culmination of events to get results. Barak Obama's presidency is one more of these examples. Having a black president has not ended political racism, however, it is a large step in the right direction for our country.
Above, I added a video with Dr. King. The first half of the video Dr. King discusses, in an interview, segregation, integration, civil rights, the Vietnam war, and most importantly, cultural competency. The last minute or so of the video is Dr. King making a public address on the war. We can all agree that Dr. King was a phenomenal speaker and this video very aptly sums of the contents of this weeks blogging topic.
I completely agree with you when you say that just because Barack Obama became president that racism hasn't ended. In the video Wise says we overcame racism 1.0, but he says we have to worry about racism 2.0. Racism definitely has not ended there is a new racism in my opinion because Obama is so well educated all other African American's will think they need to be as smart as him. Wise thinks they will be criticized for that, and that's why there is still racism that is shown still in the world today.
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