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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Another Reason Why Some Educators Won’t Talk About Race | The Jose Vilson

Another Reason Why Some Educators Won’t Talk About Race | The Jose Vilson

Another Reason Why Some Educators Won’t Talk About Race

Luis Ramirez and Three of His Murderers

No, you’re going to get into race at length. Because you’ve made your blog just as someone in the edublogosphere prescribed: edu-tech here, ed policy there, a response to the latest trend sprinkled in. You’re doing well for yourself and your readers skyrocket. The only controversy you ever touch is the difference between a PC and a Mac. Naturally, you choose PC. Yet, the minute you directly address a social issue close to your heart, you shy away because it veers from the norms of what edu-bloggers do. Then, you get e-mails like this in