Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g99GgBX20721; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:42:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:42:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sda4235d.058@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2334] Re: choice of words X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1582 Lines: 38 Sylvan, I agree with you. But, maybe we need to be clearer with our choice of words. Instead of labeling a class/book/seminar/etc. diversity, or multicultural, we should be call it women, or Latina, etc. Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University University Plaza Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu >>> sylvan@cccchs.org 10/08/02 17:27 PM >>> At 12:18 PM 10/08/2002 -0400, Daphne Greenberg wrote: >Can the same be said about terms such as "diversity" and "multicultural"? >Often these words imply nonwhite and/or nonmale. But to me, this means >that white and male are the norm, and everyone else is the diverse, the >multicultural, the other. If we really mean diversity, and >multiculturalism, shouldn't the discussion focus on everyone? ><SNIP> Sure, but the reality is that the standard *is* white and male. As soon as you include white males in a study (or discussion!), somehow theirs is the only reality given any credence. I can't tell you how many times I heard, when I was working on issues of domestic violence, "what about battered men?" Sure, it happens, and sure, it needs to be addressed. But quickly the discussion devolves into how oppressed men are and leaves the subject of women being battered and how to change the balance of power to make real change in the lives of women. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvan Rainwater . sylvan@cccchs.org Clackamas County Children's Commission Oregon City, OR USA
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