this was a reaction piece to bell hook's teaching to transgress in on of my doc classes over the summer. it caused a small riot on the discussion boards, and an even larger riot when I placed a copy of it in all the faculty boxes at work.

The whole thing is a jab at all teachers, including Me. So often we see our students as an objective piece of classroom, taking from them their subjectivity. Worse, progressive teachers, who have the best intentions, see diversity in their classrooms, but it becomes a shallow reflection on diversity, limiting students to the essentiality of their visible/disclosed social markers.

If there are other teachers/faculty in O/ur little community, please find me. We have much to discuss.