Re: Affecting Institutional Change (Yeah Right)
On Wed, 09 May 2007 11:40:17 -0400
Amy Templeton <amy.g.templeton@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 05/08/07 23:17, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > > Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
> > >> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:03:18PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > >>> On 05/08/07 21:55, Amy Templeton wrote:
> > >>> [snip]
> > >>>> It's a private college, and have no desire to make this
> > >>>> anywhere near that insane, but thank you nonetheless. I'm
> > >>>> basically wishfully hoping for a quiet solution.
> > >>> If it's liberal, and it probably is, you could claim
> > >>> Discrimination. All the more so since you're female.
> > >
> > > I appreciate the suggestion, but I'd rather not pull status on this
> > > one, you know? That is a card to be saved up and used in an
> > > emergency to which it has direct bearing, or else it loses all
> > > meaning and becomes trite. Thanks, though.
>
> > There are those of us who believe that claims of discrimination
> > became trite many years ago.
>
> I'm inclined to disagree; it is more subtle now, but it still
> exists. Do some reading on the concepts of privilege and
> intersectionality and if you don't buy it, we can talk more then
> (or if you do, either way).
Can you briefly explain the issues (preferably without jargon, so a
laymen can understand them) or at least provide link?
> Amy
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