Katherine--

I'm in favor of keeping "our name" in there = I don't like  the 
automatic associations, obviously.  My bigger point = we should not 
erase ourselves.

Andrea




On Oct 12, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Katherine G wrote:


> 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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