http://howlevin.edublogs.org/2008/11/11/day-1-meeting-with-the-kellogg-foundation/ Blurring the lines of learner and contributor – by Howard Levin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:25:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://howlevin.edublogs.org/2008/11/11/day-1-meeting-with-the-kellogg-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Piya Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:25:16 +0000 http://howlevin.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-67 I do not find it shocking that there is tension and often prolonged silence when it comes to discussions about race in the South when you simply consider the electoral map of the U.S. Considering that California and the South have drastically different histories surrounding racial conflicts, we must realize that difficult, seldom conversations about race, in which people admit to everyday racism, are often more meaningful than the ones happening frequently in classrooms like Urban, where everyone is supposedly on the same page. I do not find it shocking that there is tension and often prolonged silence when it comes to discussions about race in the South when you simply consider the electoral map of the U.S. Considering that California and the South have drastically different histories surrounding racial conflicts, we must realize that difficult, seldom conversations about race, in which people admit to everyday racism, are often more meaningful than the ones happening frequently in classrooms like Urban, where everyone is supposedly on the same page.

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