Reading is never a neutral event

Evidence

By learning to read from a critical perspective, students question the perspective presented by the text and decide for themselves their positionality in the world. A critical perspective acknowledges that reading, like all of education, is not a neutral event. Instead of following a script or manual, teachers of critical literacy become advocates for students, helping them to critique their classroom, school, curriculum, society, and their world. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 605

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the recurring finding across sources read that purportedly neutral institutions — archives, media, education — are shot through with standpoint. — connects to: Literature and culture are never politically innocent but inseparable from society — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 101; Education is never neutral and either suppresses or liberates communities — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 332; The reader’s insistence on remaining himself blocks genuine reading — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1234 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Literature and culture are never politically innocent but inseparable from society #expands (0.80) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 101
• Education is never neutral and either suppresses or liberates communities #exemplifies (0.78) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 332
• The reader’s insistence on remaining himself blocks genuine reading #qualifies (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1234
• Scholarly work is never neutral but can still stay open to contrary evidence #expands (0.72)
• Texts are not completely open to interpretation but assert a preferred reading #qualifies (0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 758