CHAPTER+17+-+Conclusio

Ron Cliff Hinton

This chapter begins off with a story about a young boy who poses the question to his mother, "why does it seem like there are no black people in our neighborhood?"

Then It follows up with the question to the reader "How would you address this question?"

Well...

How would you address this question? Personally, I would be honest with the boy. Through out this entire book, the author has shed light and honesty on a lot of challenging and controversial topics. Rarely will parents, educators, and people in general be honest with youth about our nations true issues. To me, that question sums up the writer's entire purpose for writing this book. How do we address life's questions on diversity. What approach would you take as an educator and person when informing others and offering your opinion. Will you take the easy route and water down one's educational experience and just go with the grain or will you challenge the process and shed true light on the diversity of our world. Do we keep the values of other cultures in the picture and be honest and straight forward in terms of education of others or do we ignore it? That is the message of this book and the conclusion.