[PovertyRaceWomen 1500] Re: Democratic Party Election ResultsI agree this is
history in the making (will read the op-ed later as time allows).  And I
think it's amazing to be living in this era because of that.  Still, we need
to think through our voting decisions to make sure we are truly voting for
candidate we believe will do the best job.  We ALL get so hung up on the
external that we forget what is really important.  That's easy to do when
the really important things tend to be more abstract.  Candidates often
"dumb it all down" for the general public.  When they do this, the tend to
simplify what are really complex issues that require more thought than, "I'm
for immigration reform."  Okay...so what are you going to DO about it, and
what have you done before that will make me believe you are capable?

 -----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Harriet [mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of
Smith, Harriet
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:37 AM
To: The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: RE: [PovertyRaceWomen 1500] Re: Democratic Party Election Results


  In theory, I agree with Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt's statement that "It
would be wonderful to get away from the gender and ethnicity focus.  A
candidate is a candidate." But I believe there's no excaping the
implications of this election in terms of gender and race. We are witnessing
this year an amazing historic moment that I expect we'll all be asked about
by our grandchildren.

  I was also attempting to take a gender and race-neutral stance in
evaluating candidates, but Gloria Steinem's recent op-ed piece in the New
York Times cured me of that notion. 

  Women Are Never Front-Runners
  By GLORIA STEINEM
  Published: January 8, 2008
  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/opinion/08steinem.html?scp=1&sq=steinem

  ------------------------
  Harriet Vardiman Smith
  Clearinghouse Project Director
  and Interim Acting Center Director
  Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning
  Texas A&M University
  Website:  www-tcall.tamu.edu
   
  Human history becomes more and more a race between education and
catastrophe.
  -- H. G. Wells (author, historian and utopian)


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  From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Katherine G
  Sent: Wed 1/9/2008 9:52 AM
  To: The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List
  Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1500] Re: Democratic Party Election Results


  It would be wonderful to get away from the gender and ethnicity focus.  A
  candidate is a candidate.  Body parts and skin color should have nothing
to
  do with it.  I am voting for a President, not a body (unless you want to
  argue that we are voting for the candidate's brain, but that's more about
  how they make policy).  It irks me when people believe, "I'm a woman, so I
  must vote for Clinton" or "I'm African-American so I must vote for Obama."
  I want the person who can do the job and make our country and world a
better
  place to live in.

  Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt





  -----Original Message-----
  From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov
  [mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of McNutt Jr,
  William R
  Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:08 AM
  To: The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List
  Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1499] Re: Democratic Party Election Results


  One of the things that I, as a southerner, am excited about, is that the
  fact that an African American and a woman are the top contenders for a
  major party is not subject to a lot of commentary.

  I'm hoping that this is a sign that we have turned a corner.

  Bill

  -----Original Message-----
  From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov
  [mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Daphne Greenberg
  Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:12 AM
  To: povertyracewomen at nifl.gov
  Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1498] Democratic Party Election Results

  As I asked last week, after the Iowa results, I am wondering today,
  after the New Hampshire results, if adult literacy learners and teachers
  are talking to each other (whether in formal civics classes or in
  informal hallway conversations) about the fact that a female and an
  African American are top contenders in one of the party's election
  results. Are learners engaged in this presidential election-are adult
  literacy classes talking about the results?
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