ABSTRACT
Within a framework that views true participatory democracy as a form of "crisis of democracy", schools play a crucial role in "the manufacture of consent" through the imposition of pedagogy of lies that makes most teachers and administrators alike unable to see the obvious as they tailor their work to "engineer consent" for students' consumption. Self-censorship is usually practiced by liberals who easily proclaim the virtues of social justice, freedom, and democracy while maintaining privileges extracted from the very structures engaged in discriminatory practices and the violation of democratic principles. In addition, what could be viewed as helping to improve low self-concept students may have, in reality, become positive reinforcements devoid of substance that represent a form of condescension. That is, while paternalistically praising students and simultaneously not teaching them academic writing, which is necessary for school success, the do-gooder English as a Second Language (ESL) writing teacher falls into a type of "charitable racism".
