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 g2JKqTu26583; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 15:52:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 15:52:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <AD5E58DFD6B0D411813300508BDFAF1009C484AC@wdcrobexc02.ed.gov> 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: "Saunders, William" <William.Saunders@ed.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:770] Re: COABE X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Status: O Content-Length: 5355 Lines: 122 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1CF84.BDDCEE50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Just to play devil's advocate: In response to the comments about the Montgomery Buss Boycott as being a 'catalyst for what may be the most successful grassroots political effort in US history" - looking at the State of America at that time, particularly for Blacks, that was the most effective means of facilitating change back then. Times were indeed different. NOW, today, is a boycott the best means of making a statement, bringing an issue to the forefront? Would a boycott have as lasting as effect today as it did 35-40 years ago? -----Original Message----- From: PDRNRI@aol.com [mailto:PDRNRI@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:769] Re: COABE I agree with Ujwala. Boycotts can certainly be viewed as means of "constructively changing society". The Mongomery Bus Boycott, far from "griping", was a catalyst for what may be the most successful grassroots political effort in US history, the civil rights movement. Some of those folks who have been made aware of the Plantation tour event and the NAACP boycott of South Carolina, and are alarmed by them, are going to COABE to join the roundtable on racism and take part in other activities aimed at raising our awareness of racism in all of its obvious and subtle forms. I think these people should be supported in their efforts. Others who have kept the on line conversations alive, bringing the conflicts to the attention of COABE and triggering the cancellation of the tour should be commended (as should COABE -- in this instance at least -- for acting in swift response to the demands of the field). Others are indeed choosing to boycott as a legitimate form of protest and consciousness raising, and they too should be commended. What troubles me is the thought that there may be those in the field who will grasp the racist dimensions of these events, and dismisses them as a generalizable and therefore inassailable condition of society which should not be protested. David Hayes ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1CF84.BDDCEE50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2654.45"> <TITLE>RE: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:769] Re: COABE</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Just to play devil's advocate: </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>In response to the comments about the Montgomery Buss = Boycott as being a 'catalyst for what may be the most successful = grassroots political effort in US history" - looking at the State = of America at that time, particularly for Blacks, that was the most = effective means of facilitating change back then. Times were = indeed different. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>NOW, today, is a boycott the best means of making a = statement, bringing an issue to the forefront? Would a boycott = have as lasting as effect today as it did 35-40 years ago?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: PDRNRI@aol.com [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:PDRNRI@aol.com">mailto:PDRNRI@aol.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:20 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Multiple recipients of list</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:769] Re: COABE</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I agree with Ujwala. Boycotts can certainly be = viewed as means of "constructively changing = society". The Mongomery Bus Boycott, far from = "griping", was a catalyst for what may be the most successful = grassroots political effort in US history, the civil rights = movement. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Some of those folks who have been made aware of the = Plantation tour event and the NAACP boycott of South Carolina, and are = alarmed by them, are going to COABE to join the roundtable = on racism and take part in other activities aimed at raising our = awareness of racism in all of its obvious and subtle forms. I = think these people should be supported in their efforts. Others = who have kept the on line conversations alive, bringing the conflicts = to the attention of COABE and triggering the cancellation of the tour = should be commended (as should COABE -- in this instance at least = -- for acting in swift response to the demands of the = field). Others are indeed choosing to boycott as a = legitimate form of protest and consciousness raising, and they = too should be commended. </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>What troubles me is the thought that there may be = those in the field who will grasp the racist dimensions of these = events, and dismisses them as a generalizable and therefore = inassailable condition of society which should not be protested. = </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>David Hayes</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1CF84.BDDCEE50--
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