“Safe Spaces,” discusses how classrooms consist
of students and teachers who bring their funds of knowledge with them each and
every day and then leave with hopefully, more knowledge and understanding than
what they arrived with. Though there are
many factors that each individual carries in their metaphorical backpacks, they
may not be compartmentalized. Instead,
the lessons taught by many different people blend into one another as the
individual attempts to file and make sense of them by linking them to one
another. With these new lessons come a
responsibility of the teachers and the school to help students feel accepted
and appreciated, and offer guidance with new ways of thinking in how one should
behave when the status quo is no longer the status quo.
As the
author suggests, “If our homes are incubators, keeping our children safe as
they grow into the patterns of family life, schools are "outcubators"
- places that introduce new ways of thinking and behaving. Social and
psychological development progress as young people move through our educational
system....." (p.84).
“Privilege,
Power, and Difference” - A. Johnson
“Privilege,
Power, and Difference” discusses the importance of becoming aware of being a
part of the “luxury class.’ In order for
society to change, we must look within ourselves, see how we are contributing
to the current situation, (of treating people differently) and most importantly
be honest with ourselves. For one to be mindful of personal social status, there may
be a better chance that there is a deeper understanding, belief, and acceptance
of others who are not. Changing our
thinking, our actions, and how we take action is how to create change in our
local communities. As the wheel of diversity
defines what is privileged, characteristics of one-self are what shape our
lives. Regardless of what we are on the
inside, what we show to be on the exterior is what categorizes us in society;
therefore how we are viewed and treated.
Although we did not create the diversity in this world, we may be a part
of it now.
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