RE: House Pricing in House Selection Process | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Hune Margulies (hm64columbia.edu) | |
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 94 15:34 CDT |
We identify two basic types of "diversities" There are inclusionary diversities and exclusionary ones. Mayor Dinkins's "gorgeous mosaic" image is problematic. A mosaic implies that the whole retains a coherent shape as long as each piece remains in its own place. A diverse New York is a New York of segregated neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves. To "celebrate" that particular type of manifested diversity will only numb its true opressive character. Your personal testimony as per your right to choose is genuine, and it is, historically, the type of approach that preceded the dismantling of some of the most daring communal experiences in the U.S. history. hethre differences in socio-economic status do or do not represent opressive diversities remains a disputed question. I do not subscribe to the orthodox Marxist interpretation in this regard. However, if, as you say, socio-economic disparities do not appear, but preceed the creation of the community, one can argue that this is the "original sin" that accounts for the reason why we have not seen omre cohousing experiments spring up accross this country, despite the fact that, in this country, the need to break from the alienation of the isolation seems very important to most people. The issue of what extent of socio-economic disparity is compatible with community life is perhaps an empiricl question. Your experiences, the Kibbutz's and others will, in its own good time, tell. IMHO, community without equality fails to reflect a measure of needed intentionality. It is not a matter of "enforcing" parity, it is more a matter of choosing a set of values, slightly apart from traditional capitalistic-materialism.
- Re: House Pricing in House Selection Process, (continued)
- Re: House Pricing in House Selection Process RAYGASSER, August 25 1994
- RE: House Pricing in House Selection Process Rob Sandelin, August 25 1994
- Re: House Pricing in House Selection Process RAYGASSER, August 25 1994
- RE: House Pricing in House Selection Process Pablo Halpern, August 30 1994
- RE: House Pricing in House Selection Process Hune Margulies, August 30 1994
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