1. My topic, tentatively, is racist discourse in ethnically homogenous classrooms. I would like to better understand how students in all-white classrooms talk about race. I would also like to look at how I could make students understand the power of language, especially hateful language. I grew up in a town of 200 people. The entire population of the high school was white and there were instances of racism all through my school career. I myself was guilty at times. Some people from my high school never got over the racism. I don't know where they learned it, but they were not taught any different in school. In my future teaching career, I would like to tackle this issue and hopefully help students think about race differently. For now, simply understanding how they talk about it is my main goal.
2. It looks like I will probably do a paper for this one. I want to research and better understand a topic and then synthesize the information into one final product. A paper seems like the best choice for that goal.
3. I don't really have many questions at this point. This topic relates closely to my topic for ENGL 461, so I am well on my way to understanding this better. I guess one question I have is whether or not I should include some sort of teaching material in my final product. Lesson plans or teaching strategies or something? I don't know if that's really what I'm going for yet.
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