Katherine,

You are not off topic, but I do want to remind everyone, that at this point we cannot add new choices to our list. So the list that we need to stick with and discuss before voting starts is:

Class, Color, Gender, and Literacy
Class, Ethnicity, Gender, and Literacy
Class, Gender, Race, and Literacy
Diversity and Literacy
Gender, Income, Race, and Literacy
Gender. Poverty, Race, and Literacy
Literacy and Voice
Or
Keeping it as is: Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy

Thanks,
Daphne


>>> "Katherine G" <Kgotthardt at comcast.net> 01/12/08 9:51 AM >>>

Too many people have become immune to or annoyed with the word "diversity."
They see it somehow as a "card" of any kind (racially related, disability
related, etc.) that doesn't hold credibility.  I vote for a new word that
doesn't further irritate people with a word they think is just politically
correct rhetoric.  "Ethnicity" covers the "color" thing.  "Ability" and
"sexual identity" covers other aspects of what we think of in terms of
"diversity."  I prefer the word "ability" because there is room there to
stress strengths and not just impairment.

Am I getting off topic?

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt
www.luxuriouschoices.org