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> [“Currently, “minority” students represent a majority in all but two of our twenty-five largest cities, and by some estimates, the turn of the century will find up to 40 percent nonwhite children in American classrooms. At the same time, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/currently-minority-students-represent-a-majority-in-all-but-two-of/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

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## More by Lisa Delpit

> [“There is no achievement gap at birth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/there-is-no-achievement-gap-at-birth/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [“Currently, “minority” students represent a majority in all but two of our twenty-five largest cities, and by some estimates, the turn of the century…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/currently-minority-students-represent-a-majority-in-all-but-two-of/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/when-one-we-gets-to-determine-standards-for-all-we-s-then-some-we-s/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [Progressive white teachers seem to say to their black students 'Let me help you find your voice. I promise not to criticize one note…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/progressive-white-teachers-seem-to-say-to-their-black-students-let-me/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [“If there’s someone who doesn’t understand what I’m teaching, I try to understand who they are.   A”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/if-there-s-someone-who-doesn-t-understand-what-i-m-teaching-i-try-to/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [If the curriculum we use to teach our children does not connect in positive ways to the culture young people bring to school, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/if-the-curriculum-we-use-to-teach-our-children-does-not-connect-in/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [In order to teach you, I must know you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/in-order-to-teach-you-i-must-know-you/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/we-do-not-really-see-through-our-eyes-or-hear-through-our-ears-but/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs. To put our beliefs on hold is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/we-do-not-really-see-through-our-eyes-or-hear-through-our-ears-but-2/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

> [ Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence \[and\] those with less power are often… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-delpit/those-with-power-are-frequently-least-aware-of-or-least-willing-to/)

[Lisa Delpit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-delpit/)

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