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I do not take issue with Emdin's strategies. In fact, I gleaned a lot from this book and would recommend it to any teacher ( regardless of where they taught). I take issue with Emdin's mistaken conflation of white folks and the discourse of power. While I recognize that the "pedagogy of power" is often implemented by white pedagogues in urban schools, teachers of all backgrounds teach this way, and to name it white pedagogy ( or associate it with whiteness) is to engage in reductionism. Though it makes for a clever title, the book's title suggests that the problem is with white teachers, not a particular teaching method, and that students in the " the hood" would all benefit from reality pedagogy ( a point that rests on the mistaken oversimplification that all students from the hood prefer the pedagogy Emdin is selling, a point I find hard to believe).
Overall, however, I learned a lot from reading this book and would recommend it. His language, however, is at times alienating.
Overall, however, I learned a lot from reading this book and would recommend it. His language, however, is at times alienating.