I just started reading THE GOOD TERRORIST.  Great characters and easy to
read, strong themes of feminism and politics.  I actually read 45 pages in
one night.  That's a big chunk for me (I'm a slow reader with a sometimes
short attention span).  Glad she got the Nobel prize!

The noose....the perp needs to be incarcerated.  A noose is a physical
threat.  My opinion, obviously.

The reason women, poor people, black people, and the disabled, among others,
are often "lumped" together is that they are frequently marginalized
populations.  For example, the highest number of poor people are women.  I
don't know about the other breakdowns and how many cross-overs there are,
but I am certain there are too many.  Anyone out there have stats?

I am not sure what kind of these textbooks' content (I'm not a psych
major--do you have examples?), but in terms of organization, separation is
going to be tough because of the crossovers I mentioned above.  Yes, each
group has its particular challenges for sure.  But there are certainly
connections as well, making a textbook a pretty tough challenge.

You can have a list serve for women, but you will still have cross-topics.
And if you have a list serve just for women, won't you alienate the
cross-gender population and men who might be interested?  I'm not a big
proponent of gender separation as I think it's limiting.  But that's just
me.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Andrea Wilder
  Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:22 AM
  To: Women and Literacy Discussion List The Poverty Race
  Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1344] Apartheid


  No, I'm not going to talk about Doris Lessing, who got a Nobel prize.

  This is about the female professor (Black American) who had a noose
hanging from eh office door...

  "As an undergraduate and master's student at Xavier University in New
Orleans, Dr. Constantine noticed that psychology textbooks tended to lump
WOMEN, POOR PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE AND DISABLED PEOPLE under the umbrella
'disadvantaged populations'." (p.A23)

  Then--"I want to be able to change some of the text."

  So...should we women have our own list serv?

  Andrea
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