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''I could easily point out, for instance, that I am not a peasant but I teach about peasants in Third World countries,'' she said.'
OK, and does she ADVOCATE the peasant's point of view? Or is she like the flaming liberal history professor I had years ago who taught the Republican point of view like this: "The French aristocracy before the revolution was completely out of touch with their people and the world, just like the Republican party today."
One can teach ABOUT something all day long; students need to learn about the different points of view from the perspective that they are both valid.

[Scothia]

''I could easily point out, for instance, that I am not a peasant but I teach about peasants in Third World countries,'' she said.'

This reminds me of the teacher I worked for when I lived in Ithaca. Since abstinence teaching was mandatory at the high school level, she dispensed with it by writing the word "abstinence" on the blackboard, then saying to the class, "That just means you don't have sex. You don't want to do that."