Delpit and Smitherman

 

QFD&J

1. It doesn’t bother me that Delpit didn’t identify her race in her article. I feel the points she identified were more powerful not knowing whether she was black or white or any other race for that fact. Her race shouldn’t matter to the reader but, not being white dose make her points more powerful because it shows more of her personal experience with the issue. As she talks about Gee and his ignorance to acceptance, it doesn’t change the perception of her message but, it makes her message more powerful to her readers knowing that she is black.

3. Yes I agree with Delpit and I also disagree with Gee’s points that she brings up in her article. You can feel her anger in the article and being raised in a white male dominate world her point are exactly correct. Her use of intertextuality makes her argument even more compelling. I agree that you can change your discourse and add new ones, and not be stuck in our own ways like gee states. Also that is hard for minorities to become adjusted to white male styles of teaching. They assume the needs and voices of the students. On that note some weak points are that she doesn’t look at the effort students are putting into it to because, failing is only a lack of not trying. Other facts I found to be a shortcoming of this article was that she didn’t elaborate on how to pull of this niche. For the most part her article had an impact on the way I viewed this subject.

A&E

3.  I see a lot of generalization but, I also see a lot of individual stories to make the piece powerful.  She generalizes many types of students but, Keith Gilyards story made the article so much more powerful in my mind. Showing all of his struggles and how he reacted to them changed my opinion. Also contrasting Gee’s generalization, with her own, made the article more effective. I feel it was problematic that she generalized all the problems with being a minority and never really presented a solution to them.

Prereading of Smitherman

-          I am a very judgmental person which, is something I am trying to grow out of but, its part of me. When I hear someone’s voice I do judge them. It is typically based of the sound of there voice but, primerally based on what they say. Someone’s voice is a very powerful thing, and a very easy way to judge someone.

QFD&J

2. Smitherman used black idiom rhetorically by focusing on the ideas of the student rather than focusing on how well there grammar was. This was a very powerful note in my eyes because this shows students you should focus more on your ideas but, at the same time, be conscience of your grammar skills. If students just focus of their grammar they lose how to write a paper with any good ideas, just facts. This essentially teaches students the wrong way to write a paper.

A&E

5. The only difference in these statements is that one statement is purely ignorant English. I mean if that is the way you talk, you should also write this way but, should probably take a proper English class. The significance of having “God don’t never change” as the title shows the power of the meaning of words and not exactly the grammar behind them. Also that God is an implication of us. No language is perfectly logical, so there is no perfect God. Personally I don’t believe this statement to be true but, I believe this is the message Smitherman is trying to convey to his readers.