Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f8EDwEf06455; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:58:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:58:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <LAW2-F89Lvsqi8VjUwZ00002dea@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Eileen Eckert" <eileeneckert@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:590] response to Tuesday's attacks X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1282 Lines: 22 The early postings to this list were a mix of earnest discussion, provocation, and occasional proseltyzing--tense, sometimes irritating, but usually generating reflection. I have been disappointed with the devolution of the list into a forum for announcements as critical discussion has disappeared, but I am profoundly disgusted with the jingoistic postings in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the crash in Pennsylvania. These events, the likely retaliation, and the backlash against Arabs and Muslims (and anyone who appears to be Arab or Muslim), highlight the need to think critically and discuss openly the issues of racism and injustice, poverty and illiteracy, and our roles individually and as a nation in both perpetuating and responding to them locally and globally. If our own response is a simplistic flag-waving, how can we expect critical thinking from our students? If we cannot discuss both the attacks and the reasons we are hated by significant numbers of people around the world, how can we hope for anything but a spiraling escalation of mindless violence in response? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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