I think Mr. Card was right on target with the word 'mawkish'--sentimental in a feeble or sickly way. Instead of engaging in a thoughtful discussion with her students about Dr. Tweedy's book she dons an Afro and puts black paint on her hands and face? She WAS being sentimental--patronizingly so to both Tweedy's memoir and especially her Black students experiences of racism. Mawkish captures it all- feeble, sickly, sentimental. Yuk. I don't care if she meant well, seriously, get a clue.