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Walking The Talk: Examining Privilege And Race In A Ninth-Grade Classroom, Kelly Sassi, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Jul 2008

Walking The Talk: Examining Privilege And Race In A Ninth-Grade Classroom, Kelly Sassi, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

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Kelly Sassi and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas describe their struggles and eventual success with students in constructing a "counternarrative to colormuteness and colorblindness"--the self-imposed student segregation and silencing of voice. Because of discussions during a Native American unit and student participation in a classroom intervention activity, interpersonal dynamics openly shifted for the better.