Season of the Witch - Griffin

This book was recommended by a member of my book club who had Griffin as a teacher @ Kalamazoo college. I thought it was slightly dull and certainly a soapbox collection of essays. Some of her observations on race and teaching "ethnic" literature to a predominantly white classroom were interesting. It IS important to make people realize that what they consider "normal" is actually 'whiteness'. Of course, I don't think that necessarily comes from innate racism, but just the nature of being in the majority. It's incredibly important for the majority to be exposed to alternate ideas and perspectives. It's just as important for minority students to be exposed to not only their own cultural heritage, but majority and other minority cultures as well. It seems that only through exposure and acceptance of diversity can people truly start to understand one another.