Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware o…

- Lisa Delpit

When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.

- Lisa Delpit

In order to teach you, I must know you.

- 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 as you search fo…

- 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 to cease to exist as ourselves…

- Lisa Delpit

We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.

- 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 is doomed to failure.

- Lisa Delpit