Deconstructing Fences

How can you deconstruct the 'fences' that have been placed around you?

In order to deconstruct the fences, do you first need to recognize that there are fences around you and then articulate why they are there?

Think. Digest. React.

"If You're Black, Stay Back"

Harrington writes, "A white welfare worker tells of the children when the first begin school. They show off their books; they are interested and friendly. But then, in a few years, they learn. Their schools are crowded; the instruction is inferior, and the neighborhood is omnipresent and more powerful than the classroom."

In your lives, which is a more powerful force: the classroom or the 'street?' How do they teach you two different things and who determines where you should learn?

Week One--Post One

How does Geoffrey Canada learn about violence, and how does violence evolve in his life? But more importantly, is that violence born out of anger, hatred, or necessity? How has his environment shaped his outlook?

Please talk amongst yourselves.