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"What's That You Say?": Language and Race in Classroom Practice (Rainbow Teachers/Rainbow Students).

Peer reviewed

Johnson, Joanna – English Journal, 1998

Describe a situation between a teacher and a junior high school student in which the student was given detention for "talking back." Argues that this disciplinary episode was unnecessary had the teacher been better prepared to talk effectively to students and for work with diverse student populations. (SR)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Junior High Schools

Yankee Schoolmarms in the South: Models or Monsters?

Peer reviewed

Jonsberg, Sara Dalmas – English Journal, 2002

Argues that white students need to know that there have been heroes as well as villains on the white side of the never-ending national struggle over racial differences. Suggests that students of color need to know that whites can be allies; for some, this may be a new idea. (SG)

Descriptors: Literature, Nonfiction, Racial Attitudes, Racial Differences