Class, Gender, Race, and Literacy

Mev Miller
WE LEARN

On Jan 21, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> Thanks to everyone for providing us with the pros and cons of the  

> different possible names for our list. For those of you who are new  

> to the list, the group is deciding whether we want a new name, or  

> we want to keep our name. The discussion period is now officially  

> over, and between January 22nd and February 11th, people can select  

> their top choice (only one please) either on list or off list to me  

> (dgreenberg at gsu.edu)

>

> As a reminder, here are the choices (please select only one of  

> these choices):

>

> 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

>

> As another reminder, please be aware, that if we change the name of  

> the list, we will need to create a new list. Current subscribers  

> will be automatically subscribed to the new list. Each subscriber  

> will receive a confirmation email with a new password and  

> information about the list.

>

> As a summary, here are some of the points that were made during our  

> discussion period:

>

> "Words like class, color, are for me a lot less potent and/or  

> motivating than poverty and race."

>

> "I like "color" a lot better than "race" because in this country it  

> is color of the skin, and "race" is difficult. "Diversity" is  

> usually a euphemism for "race" which actually is a stand-in for color"

>

> "I like the word "ethnicity" because it covers color, race, and  

> anything in-between."

>

> "Poverty, Gender and Race have a direct impact on literacy and they  

> should be addressed and explored, and are

> the issues that are explored the most in this group."

>

> "The advantage of the name "Diversity and Literacy" is that it  

> allows for the full range of topics that concern our community and  

> the intersection of those topics"

>

> "I like the title of Diversity & Literacy. Diversity covers not  

> only class, color, gender, ethnicity, income, race, poverty but  

> also culture, politics, religion, language, etc. I like the fact  

> that the term diversity covers such a wide spectrum of topics and  

> will allow you more flexibility to explore how they all interact  

> with Literacy."

>

> "Diversity and Literacy is the best name for this list. It is  

> simple and gets right to the point."

>

> "It is true, that sometimes the word "diversity" winds up meaning  

> only one thing in some places, but not here. I agree with those who  

> support the idea that diversity should mean ALL: race, gender,  

> ethnicity, ability, of all brands, flavors, varieties, colors, etc.  

> It would be good for us to support that through our list, and  

> continue talking about all varieties of people,

> backgrounds, and experiences."

>

>

> Daphne

>

>

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Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director
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