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What stood out to me the most was when he stated that “, it is my obligation and my high duty to civilize that child”. I strongly believe that this is our main duty as educators. Yes, we teach children to read and about math and science, but our goal should be to ensure students walk out of our classroom as individuals who are capable of analyzing their surroundings. 

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What stood out to me the most was when he stated that “, it is my obligation and my high duty to civilize that child”. I strongly believe that this is our main duty as educators. Yes, we teach children to read and about math and science, but our goal should be to ensure students walk out of our classroom as individuals who are capable of analyzing their surroundings. 

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Reading the text it is obviously we are still dealing with injustices Baldwin spoke of. The reality is if you are not speaking out about what is going on and have a plan of action, you and your silence are part of the problem.

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Reading the text it is obviously we are still dealing with injustices Baldwin spoke of. The reality is if you are not speaking out about what is going on and have a plan of action, you and your silence are part of the problem.

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Reading Baldwin's speech was eye-opening and hard to swallow. He was so hyper-aware of the injustices that America deals to black and brown communities. And his words are all too relevant now, which is absurd that we are still facing these same problems.

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I want to challenge myself to be courageous enough to step out the shadows racism, because all student deserve and equal opportunities in the classroom. We cannot stripped the opportunity to learn what is true from students.

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I want to challenge myself to be courageous enough to step out the shadows racism, because all student deserve and equal opportunities in the classroom. We cannot stripped the opportunity to learn what is true from students.

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A quote that James Baldwin stated and resonated with me was :"The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not."

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A quote that James Baldwin stated and resonated with me was :"The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not."

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One thing that really stood out to me was when he said, " the purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions." 

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One thing that really stood out to me was when he said, " the purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions." 

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One thing that stood out to me was how he pointed out that teaching real history would not only liberate black students, but white ones as well. When people learn their true history they can embrace their identity and connect with the curriculum. If white students were taught the truth of their history, I'm sure there would be less of them with arms crossed saying there is nothing they can do.

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What stood out to me is when Baldwin mentions that lying, omitting the complete truth, or sugarcoating the truth infantilizes students up to and throughout their adulthood. We would do a disservice to our students by incorrectly explaining to them our history. By explaining the truth and actively fighting against the racist institutions, we can build a generation that will also acknowledge and work against our racist society.

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When Baldwin stated, "if you're compelled to lie about one aspect of anybody's history, you must lie about it all." I think the quote speaks for itself with recent policy decisions in TX.

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He believes that society needs to target at the younger levels to make change. Schools are very important.

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When Baldwin stated, "the purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions..." because society thinks otherwise and if you do not obey the rules of society and what they believe rather than what you have the right to believe or fight against then you are in the wrong.

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What struck me is that, yes, some things have changed in America, but there is an obvious resistance to that change, at all levels of government. It's our job as educators to foster an atmosphere that questions the status quo and enables critical thinking and recognition of the current state of our society, and then enable them to work toward that change together.

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When people are afraid to speak against what is wrong

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Our obligations as educators is to entrust in our students the abilities to create conscious citizens who are vocal about reexamining their society. We want students to be independent thinkers and to express their ways in education.

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A quote that really stood out to me was this one where Baldwin states, "effectively, almost all the doors of opportunity slammed in his face, and there are very few things he can do about it. He can more or less accept it with an absolutely inarticulate and dangerous rage inside—all the more dangerous because it is never expressed." This quote speaks volumes in todays society, of which now we have expressed the rage to where we can no longer contain until change is made and opportunities are opened.

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He discussed the Black Experience, and he addresses the issues, and he believes in hitting it head-on at the younger levels.

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He basically says that if you do not address the issues directly, societal norms will never change.

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What struck about this article was a section where it talks about how sometimes refusing to talk about a certain part of history is actually not helpful to our students. Sometimes we can see the classroom as its own "bubble" but in reality students take what they learn to their everyday lives.

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Thoughts of the brilliant poet Clint Smith:  https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/10/03/james-baldwin-talk-to-teachers