by Christopher Paslay
Fighting for social justice, the 21st century term for “equality” or “civil rights,” is the hippest thing since wearing pink for breast cancer. Topped only by going green, promoting social justice has become the latest adopted cause of politicians, universities, educational researchers, and of course, the starry-eyed, idealistic school teachers fresh out of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Multiculturalism’
August 25, 2009
Advocacy group that promotes terrorist William Ayers will train Miss. school teachers on Civil Rights Movement
by Christopher Paslay
Last spring, as part of my master’s degree in education at Eastern University, I took a course called Multicultural Education. I enrolled because I wanted to learn new methodologies that would broaden my teaching repertoire and help me better educate students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. Granted, I grew up in [...]
August 3, 2009
Shakespeare and the Constructivist Learning Theory
by Christopher Paslay
I’m currently working on a Masters in Multicultural Education at Eastern University. This summer I just finished taking a course on teaching English as a second language. As a culminating project for the class, we were required to pick a strategy or an idea that stood out during the six week seminar, and [...]
February 14, 2009
Joey Vento, multicultural ideology, and the ‘speak English’ sign
by Christopher Paslay
“This is America. When ordering, speak English.”
By now we know the story. Joey Vento, owner of the famous Geno’s Steaks in South Philadelphia, placed a small sign in the window of his restaurant asking customers to order in English. Although the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations filed a discrimination complaint against Geno’s [...]
February 5, 2009
African American literature must be taught with great care
by Christopher Paslay
NOTE: This article was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer on February 22, 2006.
The students I teach are growing up in a world where race seem less of a pressing issue than ever before. Billionaires can be black (BET founder Robert Johnson), rappers can be white (Eminem), and top golfers can be a little [...]
February 3, 2009
Eye on The Notebook: Are Philadelphia School Teachers Really Bigots?
by Christopher Paslay
To help The Philadelphia Public School Notebook bring quality and equality to all public schools, I am posting a regular forum here on Chalk and Talk called Eye on The Notebook. Its purpose is to provide The Notebook and its readers with constructive feedback from teachers who work day-to-day in real classrooms and [...]
February 1, 2009
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (part two)
by Christopher Paslay
Currently I am working on a master’s degree in multicultural education at Eastern University. This semester I’m taking EDU 517—Multicultural Education. Here is the second of two reflection papers I wrote after reading Beverly Daniel Tatum’s book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
After reading the second half of [...]
January 27, 2009
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (part one)
by Christopher Paslay
Currently, I am working on a master’s degree in multicultural education at Eastern University. This semester I’m taking EDU 517—Multicultural Education. Here is an excerpt from a reflection paper I wrote after reading the first 90 pages of Beverly Daniel Tatum’s book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? [...]
