[MCP] minority failures

[Bill Braun]

I suspect, John, that the signals we get do not fall cleanly into one 
bucket or the other. I received both active and passive signals, mostly 
passive I think. My father was measured in his speech even as he was 
virulent in his beliefs.

Your question was a nice nudge to revisit Thandeka. In the first 
chapter, while rereading the vignettes she presents, I see a mix of 
active and passive responses, some of which are the [white] adult 
recollections of childhood - some very overt and others more subtle. Add 
to that, as young children I suspect that we understand direct and 
indirect communication differently than we do as adults (I lack the 
theory competency to know for sure).

Bill

John Lindsay wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Would you place what Thandeka wrote about in the active or passive 
> learning category?
>
> John L.
>
> From: /Bill Braun <bbraun at hlthsys.com>/
> Reply-To: /"Multicultural Pavilion's discussion group on equity, 
> social justice,and multicultural education." <mcp at edchange.org>/
> To: /"Multicultural Pavilion's discussion group on equity, social 
> justice,and multicultural education." <mcp at edchange.org>/
> Subject: /Re: [MCP] minority failures/
> Date: /Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:06:42 -0500/
>
> I learned their behavior was OK from the passive
> acceptance of my parents and other people around me. You cite the active
> promotion of the "pathetically flawed" as problematic.
>
> What is the critical difference between what is learned passively and
> what is learned actively? And, what is the profile of the people who are
> making money off the active promotion of the "pathetically flawed?"
>
> Bill Braun
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