More of my story….

Literacy Autobiography
 
          One of the most shocking realizations that I have come to in the last year is that I have no recollection of ever being read to as a child by my parents or siblings. I imagine that I was likely read to here and there, but it was apparently so infrequent that I [...]

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Dissin’ “the Standard”: Ebonics as Guerrilla Warfare at Capital High

Something that I wish more researchers, educators, and scholars would study and write about is the socialization and assimilation process that students go through during their “education”. For all students, this is a very difficult time and process. Recently I’ve spent a bit of time reading and analyzing how African-American students manage this period of [...]

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Students of color acquiring dominate discourses

           
I can’t get away from the Lisa Delpit article I just read called, The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse. In this context, a discourse is considered an identity kit; in other words, ways of saying–writing–doing–valuing–believing. In this article Delpit contends:
 
          “Acquiring the ability to function in a dominant discourse need not mean that one reject one’s home [...]

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