{"id":19363,"date":"2016-04-10T00:18:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T08:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=19363"},"modified":"2016-04-10T00:18:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T08:18:26","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-conference-special-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-conference-special-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Conference Special #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

We Say Fight Back!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rouge Forum Conference Call for Proposals<\/strong><\/div>\n
May 27 & 28, 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n
Hosted by St. Mary\u2019s University<\/strong><\/div>\n
Calgary, Canada<\/strong><\/div>\n
Proposal Deadline: April 14<\/strong><\/div>\n
Conference Theme:<\/strong><\/div>\n
Teaching for Democracy and Justice in an Age of Inequality<\/strong><\/div>\n
This year\u2019s Rouge Forum is dedicated to the overarching question of how we engage our students or communities in<\/strong><\/div>\n
important issues and work necessary to foster a more<\/strong><\/div>\n
just and democratic world. We look to bring scholars, teachers, and community members with varied experiences, perspectives, and approaches in order to contribute to the larger conversation with the conference attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> lookaside.fbsbx.com\/file\/Rouge%20Forum%20%282016%29%20Call%20for%20Proposals.pdf?token=AWwo_Pc5qSe0jpH6ZEq28yXqdcI08fOpJQNkMsUkZGdFJwVJfEOf7CowDSjbcQ-wJRHSBYlwxOnognRrZh6L9yyy2enNOWItyPvz-kAsp_KJj_TcMCeow-WtVyWUdyXA8sA<\/a><\/div>\n

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Boots Riley (The Coup) on Bill Clinton’s Rant and the system of capital: <\/strong>We\u2019ve been duped. When black neighborhoods are compared<\/a> with<\/a> white neighborhoods of similar income levels, you see similar rates of crime. The fallacy of comparing white neighborhoods with black neighborhoods is in lumping together together wealthy and upper-middle-class neighborhoods (categories that not many black folks are in) with middle- and low-income ones. But that\u2019s not how the world works. Poor white people in Memphis aren\u2019t kicking it with rich ones in Bel Air.<\/p>\n

Explaining crime and poverty as a result of black behavioral choice, further, disguises ways that both are caused by capitalism.\u00a0 www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/apr\/09\/bill-clinton-black-culture-systemic-inequality-problems<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rouge Keynoter Alfie Kohn:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To the Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Re \u201cRejected by Colleges, SAT and ACT Gain High School Acceptance<\/a>\u201d (front page, April 6):<\/p>\n

Standardized tests by their very nature leave much to be desired. They tend to measure two things: students\u2019 socioeconomic status and how much time has been taken away from meaningful learning in order to teach test-taking skills.<\/p>\n

But the adoption of the SAT or ACT as a mandatory statewide high school exam is objectionable for reasons that go way beyond what\u2019s wrong with tests in general \u2014 or even the tests developed to enforce the problematic Common Core standards.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bad enough to require students who are not college-bound to take a test that was intended specifically for those who are. It\u2019s even worse \u2014 indeed, a violation of the most rudimentary principles of assessment \u2014 to evaluate all students using an instrument whose primary purpose is to rank test-takers against one another so that by definition everyone can\u2019t succeed.\u00a0 www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/08\/opinion\/standardized-tests.html?_r=0<\/a> (Alfie forgot to ask why the regimented curriculum and high stakes exams exist: capitalism and empire<\/em>).<\/p>\n

ALFIE KOHN<\/p>\n

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Protest and Power at Duke<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Anger over the fallout from a powerful administrator hitting an employee with his car leads to takeover of administration building and debate over treatment of workers. University makes concessions, but sit-in continues. At Ohio State, a sit-in starts and ends.<\/p>\n

A month ago, Duke University\u2019s student newspaper surprised many by publishing an article<\/a> revealing a parking attendant had accused Tallman Trask, the university\u2019s executive vice president, of hitting her with his car and using a racial slur. Many students newspaper articles are quickly forgotten. Not this one.<\/p>\n

Eight protesters have been occupying Duke\u2019s central administrative building for five days. The president, provost and other top officials have been forced to relocate. The students issued demands. Outside, more student protesters are camped out in tents in solidarity with the eight occupiers. (There were initially nine of them, but one left for the weekend to participate in a national poetry slam.)<\/p>\n

The university, after negotiations broke down, has said it will not resume discussions until the students leave. But late Wednesday, Duke announced a series of concessions on issues raised by the protest. The university pledged to “engage a recognized, independent expert to review the grievance and complaint procedures for Duke staff in order to assess their fairness and effectiveness,” to “review the guidelines for contractors and their employees to ensure they reflect Duke\u2019s core values of civility, fairness and respect” and to “raise awareness of processes for the recruitment and review of senior administrators.”https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2016\/04\/07\/duke-tries-end-protest-has-occupied-administration-building-days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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From the radical poster digital archive www.pinterest.com\/pin\/115967759133125735\/<\/a><\/p>\n