Diversity and Literacy, Daphne

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From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Daphne Greenberg
Sent: Mon 1/21/2008 5:00 PM
To: povertyracewomen at nifl.gov
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 1535] PLEASE VOTE FOR NAME!



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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