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SPEAKER: The advice I would give
to educators who are teaching

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this course would be to first,
the class had a very technical

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component in terms of the
readings-- maybe not--

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it had a very--

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one of the components
of the class

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was very focused on having
readings that really opened up

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the discussions.

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A lot of these were taken
from different sources,

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different-- some from
theoretical linguistics,

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to just general readings from
things like James Baldwin,

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or open op-eds from newspapers.

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I think having a strong--

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I think having a lot
of reading material

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that can strike from
different places

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but that also is
very good or that

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gives to a lot of
thinking, I think

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that's something that really
was one of the best things I

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like about this course.

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The second was-- is
how this course is also

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a place for dialogue
to examine ourselves.

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Since we all speak
a language, we all

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have a sense of identity.

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So thinking about all
these things with--

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from our point of view or from
our lives is very important.

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So being able to have
a space of discussion,

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a space in which people
can tell their own stories,

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probably for most-- a
good part of the class,

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I think that's one of the
essential parts to making this

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a truly learning experience
that helps you read the word--

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and read the world
and not just the word.