Daphne,

After all the fuss I have made, I'd like to stay with the old name.

Andrea

On Jan 14, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> 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

>

>

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