Delpit Pratt

Justin Brosious English 50 Hannah Ashley 4/22/00 Pratt and Delpit Delpit and Pratt are teachers who discuss and give examples of heterogeneity communities. By simple definition, a heterogeneity community is a community made up of members different in kind and nature. Contact zones, according to Pratt are, “social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other.” Delpit’s Community is a classroom in Philadelphia where she teaches English to both black and white students. She …

…learner Elizabeth was a critical thinker and had common sense. Her effort at her age to relearn to read was tremendous. Losing her reading skills made her feel disenfranchised. Delpit recognized that her students who lacked Standard English were disenfranchising themselves from elevation in society. Therefore, she had to work toward homogeneity in her classroom so that all would have an equal opportunity to communicate in a manner accepted by an educated society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**