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  • Progressive white teachers seem to say to their black students 'Let me help you find your voice. I promise not to criticize one note as you search for your song'. But the black teachers say 'I've heard your song loud and clear. Now I want to teach you to harmonize with the rest of the world.

    Lisa Delpit (2006). “Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, p.18, The New Press