p121- 133 Civic Pride & Rally for Bobby

These two chapters make an excellent connection with Maxine Greene’s Dialectic of Freedom as Delphine declines to participate in the rally in order to protect her sisters. It’s sort of amazing how many pieces of literature not only did Greene use to support her points but how many other pieces could be used. The pull between individual and community is one that many of us constantly deal with. Do we attend that rally to step up for something we believe in or do we spend that time at home with the people we love? Or do we do our schoolwork, something which we hope will eventually enable us to help many people as we become the teachers of teachers and cutting edge researchers with meaningful work that we choose instead of labour? Since you can’t stand up for everything, how do you choose what to stand up for? Despite the concern over the Kelly Williams-Bolar article, did anyone go to the rally?