EDUC 823 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Critical Inquiry
19 Feb 2018
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"i don"t mean to imply, however, that the only time the black child disobeys the teacher is when he or she misunderstands the request for certain behavior. There are other factors that may produce such behavior. Black children expect an authority figure to act with authority. When the teacher in- stead acts as a "chum," the message sent is that this adult has no authority, and the children react accordingly. One reason this is so is that black people often view issues of power and authority dif- ferently than people from mainstream middle-class backgrounds. Many people of color expect au- thority to be earned by personal efforts and exhibited by personal characteristics. "the authoritative person gets to be a teacher be cause she is authoritative. " Some members of mid- dle-class cultures, by contrast, expect one to achieve authority by the acquisition of an authoritative role.
