I vote "diversity and literacy."

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt
www.luxuriouschoices.net
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From: "Andrea Wilder" <andreawilder at comcast.net>
To: "The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List" 
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Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1522] Re: new name for the list



> 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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