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It was fascinating to read this alongside with White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - made me understand a lot more. Among other things how we ARE taking something away from them.
When one is used to be "teacher's pet", used to be the one who gets to choose first and leave what's not good for them for the rest to fight about, one loses something when one gets treated with the same respect and dignity and fairness with all the others.
If one has never needed to ...more
When one is used to be "teacher's pet", used to be the one who gets to choose first and leave what's not good for them for the rest to fight about, one loses something when one gets treated with the same respect and dignity and fairness with all the others.
If one has never needed to ...more

[Review from 2004.] Interesting and thought-provoking; I'm glad I read it though was annoyed the the classism. But I liked the walking around segments and the sarcasm.
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