In their new book, The Sacred Art of Teaching, Lisa Delpit and Christopher Emdin “converse” on a host of subjects—both personal and professional. MacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University and the author of Other People’s Children. Not those who have written about but never personally achieved moving the needle toward excellence for Black children (or brown children, or poor children). As for teachers fearing for their jobs, teachers doing right by children who have been societally demonized have always faced risk. (Chris used to tell his preservice teachers that the most useful teaching tool in your classroom is the door: Close it!)