[MCP] limiting access-- hyphenation of america

[Sandusky Ativia (16K035)]

Marlana,
 
You posed a very valid question.  I feel depending on your ethnicity many people define who they are as well as others.  We hear so often that the high school drop out rate for blacks and hispanics is steadly rising and the unemployment rate is also increasing.  Minorities are not becoming homeowners as fast as other ethnicities.  How do minorities define what class they belong to.
 
Ativia S. Sandusky
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From: mcp-bounces at edchange.org on behalf of marlana wheelwright
Sent: Wed 3/14/2007 2:12 PM
To: mcp at edchange.org
Subject: Re: [MCP] limiting access-- hyphenation of america




Hi, M. Wheelwrigt

No not everyone in the class is a traditionalist or against multicultralism
because I for one am not.  However, I think that if we lived in one big
happy world where race wasn't an issue for so many people we could focus on
what unites us.  I don't think the issue resignates so much in the fact of
whether we look alike.  It seems as though the new phenomenon is can you
afford the things that I can?, Send your kids to the schools that I send my
kids too? or Buy property where I do?  So my question to you is... Is it
race or class that is defining who we are today?

>From: "John Lindsay" <jclind2 at msn.com>
>Reply-To: "Multicultural Pavilion's discussion group on equity, social
>justice,and multicultural education." <mcp at edchange.org>
>To: mcp at edchange.org
>Subject: [MCP]  limiting access-- hyphenation of america
>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:32:44 -0500
>
>
>Focusing on "what unites us".......is a red herring used by the very people
>that developed laws to segregate themselves from everyone else that didn't
>look like them.
>
>After all, what is the function of discrimination: segregation and denial
>of opportunity
>
>Rather than focusing on "why they hate other people," they want to skirt
>that discussion and talk about "what unites us."
>
>
>Is everyone in your class a traditionalist and/or anti-multiculturalist?
>
>John L.
>
>From: Marni Rabin-Marron <mtmarron3 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [MCP] limiting access-- hyphenation of america
>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:28:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Jimmy,
>
>I agree that too often we focus on our "uniqueness" and not on what draws
>us together as a people.  So often, i think, that there is nothing that is
>actually unique about anyone.  As Dash from the incredibles told us: "If
>everyone's special, no one is."
>
>Are we being reactionary asking people to focus on what unites us?
>
>tom
>
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