Guess Who Game

Discussion:  

1.  Choose one quote.

2.  Describe what this quote MEANS, in your own words

3.  Talk about and list at least 2 ways this quote relates to the guess who game we played.

Lyiscott:  What happens when people feel like they have to erase themselves in order to become a part of some mysterious whole is that we rob each other of the beauty of our differences.  And that's just tragic.

Johnson (p. 12):  More than once, I've been asked to talk about the consequences of social domination, subordination, and oppression without actually saying the words dominant, subordinate, or oppression.  At such times, I feel like a doctor trying to help a patient without ever mentioning the body or naming what's wrong.  We can't get anywhere that way-- and we haven't been.  Our collective house is burning down, and we're tiptoeing around afraid to say "fire."

Delpit (p. 25):   #2.  There are codes or rules for participating in power; that is, there is a "culture of power."  The codes or rules I'm speaking of relate to linguistic forms, communicative strategies, and presentation of self; that is, ways of talking, ways of writing, ways of dressing, and ways of interacting.

Christensen (p. 131):  After viewing a number of cartoons, Kenya scolded parents in an essay, "A Black Cinderella?  Give me a Break."  She wrote:  "Have you ever seen a black person, an Asian, a Hispanic in a cartoon?  Did they have a leading role or were they a servant?  What do you think this is doing to your child's mind?"