Critical Reflection Prompt # 10: The Importance of the Act of Reading and Perspective-Taking (Freire and Calderon)

Critical Reflection Prompt #12! The Struggle for Social Justice

The Importance of Reading and Critical Education

What?: Reading is a very important tool for people to gain knowledge and different perspectives from different angles. In the “Literacy: Reading the Word and the World”, Freire says, “Reading does not consist merely of decoding the written word…

“Authentic reflection considers neither abstract man nor the world without people, but people in their realtions with the world”

Freire claims that reading is ‘intertwined with knowledge of the world’ means that reading is educating yourself…

Critical Reflection Prompt #11: Zinn, People’s History of the U.S.

What is Zinn’s point about the importance of understanding historical contexts? How does…

The Importance of Social Justice

What?: In the “Everyday Antiracism”, Glass defines antiracism as “Antiracist work is not something you do for part of the day and then go home; it is a way of life and has to permeate every aspect of what you do” (chapter 63 par. 3). Glass’s point is that Antiracism is a…

The library is your brain, now go “fill” that library with knowledge.

What: Friere claims that reading is “intertwined” with the knowledge of the world since reading is not only decoding. It is an individual’s connection of understanding in respect to the other knowledge that…

Perspective is knowledge

What: [reading] is intertwined with the knowledge of the world. Language, I think, is what links the world together. This is how we have passed information, values, and practices through millenniums. Reading texts of other religions, practices, and just other humans is knowledge…

Go Beyond What You Seek

What: Glass states, “Antiracist work is not something you do for part of the day and then go home; it is a way of life and has to permeate every aspect of what you do”. He explains that fighting against racism is not something like a day job, it is a way of life. We need to incorporate…

The internet tells the truth, and nothing but the truth

What: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Zinn’s emphasizes we should know the history before we start to act. The internet, for example, is full of everyone’s opinions. If you did not know the history of the American…