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Pedagogy that PUSHes
- CEA Critic
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 78, Number 1, March 2016
- pp. 106-115
- 10.1353/cea.2016.0004
- Article
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“Perhaps most significant is that Miz Rain positions herself as a role model for [Precious] Jones. In Jones’ aberrational family unit, problematic public schooling, and racism- infused Harlem microcosm, Jones has never before had someone in her own life to play that role. Miz Rain marks the first person in Jones’ world who has built a successful life for herself, and Jones’ esteem for Miz Rain fuels Jones’ learning.”