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I would say this is a great idea for the same reason having more minority male english teachers in minority schools is a great idea. For whatever historical rea
by hackula1 13y ago
I would say this is a great idea for the same reason having more minority male english teachers in minority schools is a great idea. For whatever historical reasons, certain groups are underrepresented. This snowballs when youth try to get a foothold into the field, since they see no one like them succeeding. Is it logical to have more confidence (a huge indicator of success in just about anything) when the teacher looks like you? Probably not, but that does not stop it from being effective.
- bgar 13y agoYeah, I guess in a way having a mentor from the same minority/background helps be more confident, especially if there aren't many like you in a field.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoI think of it as social hacking. There are plenty of people in the world (not all of them men) who think that women should not be in education, should only be child carers, should not talk over men, etc, so if you just take the approach that you personally will be completely unbiased, then while you are not adding to that problem, you are also not doing much to assuage it. Neutrality is all very well, but it often takes a lot more than neutrality to get somewhere if a lot of society is pushing back the other way from where you would like to get to.