From karenl@u.washington.edu Tue Apr 2 16:48:27 1996 Return-Path: Received: from homer04.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.03/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA06196; Tue, 2 Apr 96 16:48:26 -0800 Received: from localhost by homer04.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.03/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA37822; Tue, 2 Apr 96 16:48:25 -0800 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:48:25 -0800 (PST) From: Karen Landenburger To: UW Tacoma Pride Coalition Subject: Re: PRIDE Corner #2 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Your response was interesting Claudia. I think that we do put a happy face on diversity here at UWT. I do think that we as faculty sometimes promote this way of dealing with diversity because very often we talk about diversity as an issue outside of us and as an issue that can be looked at from purely an intellectual process. When we separate emotion, beliefs, and irrationality from a subject we take it out of the context of everyday life. When we do this with diversity we strip it of the very substance that we need to be dealing with. Karen EMAIL: karenl@u.washington.edu University of Washington, Tacoma PHONE: 206.552.4474 MAILSTOP: 358499 FAX 206.552.4424 ADDRESS: 917 Pacific Avenue, Suite 502, Tacoma, WA 98402 On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Claudia Gorbman wrote: > Dear Suzanne, > Great column! I hope it stirs some response. Something that bothers > me at UWT is s h happy -face of multiculturalism and diversity; > students > learn the right things to say to professors and staff. But then when > certain issues are in people's faces, people's real(er) opinions start to > come out. Tapping into realness is important for real dialogue and > progress, and writing about such a "hot topic" will hopefully help get > there. > (My screen is full of wierd stuff, so I hope this message goes out in > readable form!) > > .