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"It takes courage to interrogate yourself. It takes courage to look in the mirror and see past your reflection to who you really are when you take off the mask, when you’re not performing the same old routines and social roles. It takes courage to ask—how did I become so well adjusted to injustice? It takes courage to cut against the grain and become non-conformist. It takes courage to wake up and stay awake..."

This chapter is about facilitating learning in a way that acknowledges differing power dynamics: "Neutrality is not enough" (Landreman 61). I thought this was interesting because I always assumed that being "neutral" as a teacher was the best policy, but this chapter got me thinking about how sometimes educators can't be neutral. Sometimes, they have to speak up about what's right.

The last chapter was about being multi-racial. I appreciated the opportunity to learn about the complexities of that identity and how when they are lumped in with "people of color," that can feel uncomfortable for some.

This hit me: "Transgender scholar and activist Pat Califia (1997) posed a provocative... question: 'Who would you be if you had never been punished for gender-inappropriate behavior?'."