[NIFL-POVRACELIT:716] Re: social justice

From: Deborah Schwartz (deborah@alri.org)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 11:46:00 EST


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I think in addition to the way in which the term "literacy" has been
co-opted by the Bush Administration, the whole discourse of "free choice"
around social security and the other revenues that traditionally help
low-income people, elders and all those in the most need, has also been
co-opted by the Bush Administration.

Deborah Schwartz
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> We could work on voting issues so that the people who voted for Al
> Gore don't get circumvented again.
>    I don't like the way literacy has been co-opted by the "Bush
> Foundation." Monies come to literacy through that mechanism which
> has great cosmetic appeal, while the guts are being cut from the basics
> in schools.
> ******************
> I don't speak for the University of South Florida.
>
> **********************************Kathleen de la Peņa McCook
> kmccook@tampabay.rr.com
> University of South Florida, Library & Information Science
> A-LIBRARIAN-AT-EVERY-TABLE
> http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/
>
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