Another for:
Class, Gender, Race and Literacy

Deborah Schwartz
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From: "Laurie Sheridan" <laurie_sheridan at worlded.org>

> 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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