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Race Talk When Diversity Equals One

It happens in every class. We’re discussing a text, a publication, a current event, a poem. The content doesn’t matter. It’s the phrase that counts. A student comments and uses the phrase “African American” or even “black people.” The student is white. The reaction of the class – almost all white – is swift. As if choreographed, all eyes turn to the one student of color. The spotlight of eyes shines down and he or she blinks back as if staring into the sun. The teacher should use this moment to open a discussion.
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Why Do I Teach? I've Changed My Answer

When I was studying to be a teacher, I had to write a philosophy of education. This essay was to explain what I believed about kids and the role teachers and education played in their lives. I wrote that all kids could learn, that they all deserved equal access to inspired teaching and that my role was to meet them wherever they were and serve them in the way that best met their needs.Although I still believe those things are true, I've come to realize that my teaching is driven more by a different philosophy than the one I wrote about.
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Andrea Collier

Andrea has worked for over 20 years reporting on issues such as reducing health disparities, infant mortality, prevention of chronic disease, end-of-life care, childhood obesity, men’s health, women’s health and HIV/AIDS. Her writing on heath has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Essence, More, Heart & Soul, the Washington Post, the Lansing State Journal, Huffington Post, Salon.com, NBC BLK, The Root, The Griot, Yahoo and others. She is the author of two health-related books: Still With Me…A Daughter’s Journey of Love and Loss and The Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health. Twitter: