Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Relevance of "isms"-correction

[Racheli Gai (jnpalme]

In <20021011164550.A5BC0430070 [at] ns2.tigertech.com>, on 10/11/2002 
   at 09:35 AM, "Racheli Gai" <jnpalme [at] attglobal.net> said:

I meant to say: The major issue addressed by the article
isn't directly relevant, but some of the information marshalled (and the
way it exposes how easily numbers can be 
manipulated) IS.
R.

>Hi Hans,
>I'm guessing that your objection is aimed at the article I
>posted.
>While I agree that the major issue the article aimed to
>address (How (mis)information regarding Asians is used
>to discredit African Americans etc.), the way the writer
>went about exposing realities behind numbers seemed
>to me *entirely relevant* to the discussion which was taking place on the
>list at that time (because it showed that the reality of "affordability"
>is a lot more complex than simply comparing  average or median income of
>different ethnic/other groups).

>R. 

>>One of the key qualities of this list vs. other discussion lists I have
>>unsubsribed to, is it's collective discipline to stick to topics that are
>>related to cohousing. The arguments about racism really seem more than
>>peripheral to this. Please note that I am not suggesting that the issue
>>itself is peripheral, just the context in which it takes place.

>>regards,
>>Hans
>>http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse

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