this paper is for a masters programme in social justice and education
Meira Levinson writes that, “If civic empowerment is our goal, then educators need to teach minority students to ‘codeswitch’: to represent and express themselves in ways that members of the majority group – those with political privilege and power – will naturally understand and respect… If one wants to be effective through political dialogue …one must master and use [culturally powerful] language and cultural expressions”. [Levinson 2012, pg. 87]
Do pedagogical approaches such as these undermine or promote autonomy and/or minority-group empowerment?
that is the essay question