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Walking the Talk: Examining Privilege and Race in a Ninth-Grade Classroom
by Kelly Sassi and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
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| Grades | 8 – 12 |
| Type | Journal |
| Published | July 2008 |
| Publisher |  |
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Kelly Sassi and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas describe their struggles and eventual success with students in constructing a “counternarrative to colormuteness and colorblindness”—the self-imposed student segregation and silencing of voice. Because of discussions during a Native American unit and student participation in a classroom intervention activity, interpersonal dynamics openly shifted for the better.
Sassi, Kelli, and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas. "Walking the Talk: Examining Privilege and Race in a Ninth-Grade Classroom." English Journal 97 : 6, 20 -25. Print.
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