This Blog Is Not a Safe Space, part 1

Obedience in the classroom is scary. -- Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakFor several years now I’ve been bothered by some institutional uses of the concept of "safe space" as a tool or goal in education -- particularly in what's called multicultural education. Lately my objections have been multiplying and crystallizing, so I think it's time to try to organize them and set them forth for others'