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This 8 page paper presents a review of the book Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit (1995). The writer reports the key points of the book and supports some of Delpit's opinions with comments from other authors. The writer concludes by responding to this question: Would you recommend the book to a friend? Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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that black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American children now comprise 40 percent of the student population in America (Delpit, 1995). The proportion is expected to increase to between 33 and
50 percent by 2010 because non-white immigrants have more children than white Americans (Taylor, 1990). Because of these changing demographics, teachers face continuing challenges in creating a classroom community that
fosters learning for all students (David and Capraro, 2001). David and Capraro (2001) ask how a teacher can meet the challenge when they walk into a classroom comprised of: "six
low socio-Economic Status (S.E.S.), Hispanic students, four low S.E.S. Anglo students, five middle class Hispanic students, four middle class Anglo, two high S.E.S. Hispanic students and two high S.E.S. Anglo"
(p. 80). It is a daunting challenge(David and Capraro, 2001). It is a challenge that is not being met successfully, according to Lisa Delpit (1995) in her book, Other
Peoples Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. Delpits (1995) main thesis is that most problems having to do with minority children are the result of miscommunication. As an example,
todays classrooms are more democratic and teachers do not necessarily act like an authority figure (Delpit, 1995). However, "Black children expect an authority figure to act with authority. When the
teacher instead acts as a "chum," the message sent is that this adult has no authority, and the children react accordingly" (Delpit, 1995, p. 35). In other words, if the
teacher does not behave in a way that black children interpret as being the authority, they will not respect the teacher as an authority figure. This is a miscommunication. The
teacher attempting to be more collaborative with the children in the classroom does not intend to send the message that they are not the authority figure but that is the
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