RE: cultural/racial diversity | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: sbraun (sbraungmavt.net) | |
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:00:12 -0700 (MST) |
I've gotten the impression that many cohousers want racial diversity, but also want to live with "like-minded people." I don't see how you can have diversity of race without allowing diversity of values. Sheila > -----Original Message----- > From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org [mailto:cohousing-l- > admin [at] cohousing.org] On Behalf Of Gotogenes [at] aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:03 AM > To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org > Subject: [C-L]_cultural/racial diversity > > > we're doing a lot of research on the various eco villages and co housing > neighborhoods, particularly on the west coast but there's something we're > not > clear about. > the word "diversity" is almost always included in the vision statements > and > we see diversity by occupation,sexual orientation, religion, politics and > lifestyle etc. however the ones we've looked at (for all their undoubted > merits) appear very wasp-ish. > my wife is japanese and i'm a brit. we're both naturalized americans and > our > kids have lived here all their life. my wife (even though she's lived in > usa > for 25 years) in some ways is still very much an oriental and is most > comfortable living with a mix of races and nationalities, at least a > smattering of color. myself also. > is my perception wrong? i'm sure that most communities reach out, or even > actively seek, a multi racial community yet i don't see much of it. > does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? at the moment this is the one > piece of the jigsaw that's missing for us. > marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > stop > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list > Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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cultural/racial diversity Gotogenes, January 14 2003
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Re: cultural/racial diversity Sharon Villines, January 14 2003
- Re: cultural/racial diversity S. Kashdan, January 14 2003
- Re: cultural/racial diversity Elizabeth Stevenson, January 14 2003
- RE: cultural/racial diversity sbraun, January 14 2003
- RE: cultural/racial diversity Greg Dunn, January 15 2003
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Re: cultural/racial diversity Sharon Villines, January 14 2003
- Re: cultural/racial diversity aamato, January 14 2003
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