Map the Authors, relation to field placement

SCWAAMP, Johnson, and Delpit all have this idea of privilege and power within our culture. In my classroom it is easy to see how they all relate. The white (female) teacher holds all of the power and control. She has control over what takes place in the classroom and makes sure that the students act accordingly. There is not as many black teachers within the school and the students tend to respect them less than their main, white, teacher. There is a sense that maybe they disrespect their parents at home but that leads to the question of why wouldn't they disrespect all authority? Although these students do not seem to see race when I walk in the classroom as a young, white, female, it is made clear that they look at me differently than other teachers. They respect me and listen to me and tend to walk all over the black teachers/ teacher assistants. At first it seemed like a normal thing in the classroom, I was new so why wouldn't they treat me differently. But then I understood that somewhere along the lines of their lives they were taught to treat white people as higher up than colored people. They gave the white adults and children in their lives more power over them and more privilege. The codes of power in the classroom go hand and hand with this. Although the students may not realize that they are doing it, they submit all sense of individuality and control in their classroom once a teacher, specifically a white teacher, takes over the classroom.