Kevin Kumashiro – Director, Center for Anti-Oppressive Education
04.02.08
went to a talk tonight.
the right has been so successful in part because their narratives make sense – for example, there may, in fact be enough money being spent on education, OVERALL… but WASTE prevents disrupts our efforts to provide quality education
fear of terrorism
65% spending on in-classroom expenses enjoys wide public support
major players
Tim Mooney – R consolutant favoring tax cuts
Patrick Burn – privatization
George Lakoff – Don’t Think of an Elephant
people vote their values; they don’t vote on the issues
notion of the “achievement gap” is a politically useful construction for the right
we also need to be more strategic…. A MOVEMENT AWAY FROM CIVIL RIGHTS DISCOURSE
because the civil rights movement is premised on an assimiliationist ideal
Carol Anderson – Eyes off the Prize
2002 Yale Review – Covering? title?
Derrick Bell – Eyes at the the Bottom of the Well
Silent Covenant
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