Actually small groups were out but didn't get much coverage at that time and still for that matter.  In this day when a person's patriotism is questioned if he doesn't have a flag pin for his lapel I sometimes   wonder if the US still knows what freedom means.
Evelyn


Evelyn Brown
Academic Development Specialist
Parkland College
2400 West Bradley
Champaign, IL 61821
217.351.2587 
ebrown at parkland.edu


>>> Ujwala Samant <lalumineuse at yahoo.com> 4/29/2008 11:11 AM >>>

And where were they during and after September 11th???

--- Evelyn Brown <EBrown at parkland.edu> wrote:


> Well said! Where are those people who are willing to

> do this "Speaking Out"?

> 

> Evelyn Brown

> Academic Development Specialist

> Parkland College

> 2400 West Bradley

> Champaign, IL 61821

> 217.351.2587 

> ebrown at parkland.edu 

> 

> >>> "Katherine" <kgotthardt at comcast.net> 4/29/2008

> 9:30 AM >>>

> "don't try to meddle with dearly held customs." 

> Come on Andrea.  Don't mess 

> with customs?  It's a custom in some cultures to be

> racist, sexist, 

> oppressive and hateful.  Should I leave that alone

> when it affects the 

> community I live in?  (Note, I am talking about

> changing the culture in the 

> United States from a destructive one to a productive

> one, not taking on 

> international customs.)

> 

> It is considered RADICAL to do this even if you

> follow the proper channels. 

> Consider the freedom of speech to which we are

> entitled.  Consider the ways 

> oppressive powers here in this country try to stifle

> freedom of speech when 

> it steps on political toes.  Is it not "radical" to

> fight this, especially 

> in this apathetic day and age?

> 

> In this culture, choosing to defy the rest and wear

> "nappy hair" can be 

> considered rebellious. Refusing to sit in the back

> of the bus was considered 

> a radical statement at the time.  What I am saying

> is that there are rules 

> and there are rules.  Sometimes, it takes very

> little rule and norm breaking 

> to make a statement and change the culture for the

> better.

> 

> Don't misunderstand me here.  Violence used as a

> mechanism for change is 

> never acceptable except as self defense against

> certain physical attack. 

> But recall our most famous "radicals" were people

> who just decided, "enough 

> is enough" and did something positive about it.

> 

> "At some point, silence is betrayal."  MLK broke the

> rules for the better. 

> I suggest more of us do as well.

> 

> Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt

> www.luxuriouschoices.net 

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Andrea Wilder" <andreawilder at comcast.net>

> To: "The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion

> List" 

> <povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>

> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:56 AM

> Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 2126] Re: Mastery

> 

> 

> > Katherine,

> >

> > Well, yes, that is one possible interpretation of

> what I am saying. I

> > am not   You must learn the native tongue.  I am

> not suggesting that

> > you support female genital mutilation,  however,

> only show a deecnt

> > respect for the local ways people follow to

> survive.

> >

> > An example:  richard CAsh, An American-trained

> public health doctor,

> > was not able to make inroads in the use of ORT

> (Oral Rehydration

> > Therapy) with communities in Bangladesh until

> ethnographers had studied

> > the problem, and he himself had worked with local

> people, had lived

> > with local people, eaten their food, essentially

> adapted to their ways.

> >  He and his colleagues are now considered experts

> in this field.  ORT

> > is a method of stopping life-threatening diarrhea

> through

> > administration of a mixture of salt and sugars

> dissolved in water.

> >

> > In my work on leadership succession, which I am

> drawing on here, and

> > which seems very applicable (the replacement of an

> authority figure)  I

> > found that the most successful people (authority

> figures) had 1)  the

> > skills the group needed, 2) had mastered the

> group's rules, and 3)  had

> > then been able to educate / change the group.  The

> most interesting

> > study I looked at was of kindergarten children,

> and  this study and all

> > other successful group studies I looked at,

> followed this pattern.

> >

> > People who work outside the rules are often

> "invisible" to members of

> > the group, as they don't old generally accepted

> positions in the group.

> >  So I guess I am saying, "Listen,  and adapt!"   I

> do mean that

> > literally--observe and learn, ask questions, show

> respect, don't try to

> > meddle with dearly held customs.  Example:  check

> local customs before

> > going into the bazaar in an American dress and

> uncovered arms and legs!

> >

> > However,  adaptation can be unhappy.  In the

> American situation, look

> > at nappy hair, or rather its lack by

> African-American women and men who

> > have their hair "pressed" to flatten it,, to look

> more acceptable and

> > white.   This a sad adaptation, but seemingly

> necessary in an era when

> > nappy hair was looked down on and is an example in

> my view of

> > identification with the oppressor..

> >

> > Andrea

> >

> > .On Apr 28, 2008, at 9:30 PM, Katherine wrote:

> >

> >> Andrea, are you suggesting we can't do good in

> the world unless we

> >> follow

> >> the rules?

> >>

> >> "Well behaved women rarely make history."

> >>

> >> Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt

> >> www.luxuriouschoices.net 

> >> ----- Original Message -----

> >> From: "Andrea Wilder" <andreawilder at comcast.net>

> >> To: "The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy

> Discussion List"

> >> <povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>

> >> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:47 PM

> >> Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 2119] Re: Mastery

> >>

> >>

> >>> Ujwala--

> >>>

> >>> Greg Mortenson of "Three Cups of Tea" succeeded

> because he was able to

> >>> learn the rules, I think his story is pretty

> dramatic;  shows what can

> >>> be accomplished when some one has the diligence

> and desire to learn

> >>> how

> >>> to behave properly in order to get a job done.

> >>>

> >>> Andrea

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> On Apr 28, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Ujwala Samant

> wrote:

> >>>

> >>>> Just noted a typo my post. It should read, "We

> call

> >>>> people by their first names." Or, "It's normal

> to call

> >>>> people by their first names."

> >>>> Ujwala

> >>>> --- Daniel Rizik-Baer <drizikbaer at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> >>>>

> >>>>> Ujwala-

> >>>>>

> >>>>> "> I think everyone knows the hidden rules,

> they are

> >>>>>> just not in plain site.

> >>>>>> Knowing that they are there is a big step

> towards

> >>>>>> understanding.<<

> >>>>>

> >>>>> I think there is a huge leap of faith in the

> first

> >>>>> statement. Rules are learned, through

> observation,

> >>>>> education and interaction. How many of our

> learners

> >>>>> have positive, direct, educational interaction

> upon

> 

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