Class, Color, Gender, and Literacy

Brett
On Jan 22, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Laurie Sheridan wrote:


> Class, Gender, Race, and Literacy

>

> Laurie

>

> Laurie Sheridan, Workforce Development Coordinator

> World Education/SABES Central Resource Center

> 44 Farnsworth St.

> Boston, MA 02210

> (617) 385-3737

> lsheridan at worlded.org

>

> SABES:  Training Leaders in Adult Basic Education

>

>

>>>> "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg at langate.gsu.edu> 1/21/2008 6:00 PM >>>

> 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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Brett Griffiths
bgriff at umich.edu or b.griffiths at comcast.net
Doctoral student,
Joint Program of English and Education, U of Michigan


  Man is torn away from his primary union with nature, which  
characterizes animal existence. Having at the same time reason and  
imagination, he is aware of his aloneness and separateness; of his  
powerlessness and ignorance; of the accidentalness of his birth and  
death. He could not face this state of being for a second if he could  
not find new ties with his fellow man which replace the old ones  
regulated by instincts. Even if all his physiological needs were  
satisfied, he would experience his state of aloneness and  
individuation as a prison from which he had to break in order to  
preserve his sanity. (...) the necessity to unite with other living  
beings, to be related to them, is an imperative need on the  
fulfilment of which man's sanity depends. This need is behind all  
phenomena which constitute the whole gamut of intimate human  
relations, of all passions which are called love in the broadest  
sense of the word
Erich Fromm, The Sane Society






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