Acceptance over Language of Power?

Teaching acceptance is a noble endeavor, but not a realistic one. While we strive for acceptance, we more often than not only achieve tolerance.
Acceptance can be defined as the welcoming of different and diverse beliefs and ideas into one’s own culture. Tolerance, on the other hand, is the acknowledgement of the differences between cultures, but not necessarily the acceptance and integration of those differences.
“We listen, but we don’t hear,” as Delpit would say.
The culture of power is one steeped in tolerance rather than acceptance. To succeed in the culture of power, one has to be able to speak the language of power, and by teaching students the language of power, we are giving them the tools necessary to make themselves heard.