Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: R Philip Dowds (rpdowdscomcast.net) | |
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 07:34:29 -0700 (PDT) |
I like to imagine that I am relatively free of racial prejudice, a strong supporter of equal opportunity, and a thoughtful but not dogmatic supporter of affirmative action. However, I do not have, as one of my personal missions, figuring out how to make my lifestyle, my values and my choices appealing to people of other races. Should I feel guilty about this? RPD > On Apr 12, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] > sharonvillines.com> wrote: > > > >> On Apr 12, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> I don't see how we're ever going to get any racial diversity into cohousing >> if we continue to produce information that is targeted to and shows only >> white people. >> >> But… Maybe were not committed to racial diversity. Who am I to say? > > In the archives, there is a post I wrote on my history with alternative > organizations and minorities. For a minority person to join a minority > organization doubles the minority status. > > And in many areas, certainly not all, the percentage of people who have > minority status is very low. Add that percentage to the percentage of people > interested in cohousing and ..... I don't know how to add percentages but you > get the point. There aren't options everywhere. > > There are many other forms of diversity than just race -- which is a fairly > meaningless definition of people anyway. Skin color is pretty much as close > as you can get to defining race without a DNA test. Is skin color is a > meaningful definition of diversity. > > We do have the EHO icon on the website, but it emphasizes that we are > "housing" which is something some people don't like to talk about because > cohousing means community, not real estate. It's a two edged sword. > > Sharon > ---- > Sharon Villines > Sociocracy: A Deeper Democracy > http://www.sociocracy.info > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Diane Craig, April 11 2015
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Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Ann Zabaldo, April 12 2015
- Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Ann Zabaldo, April 12 2015
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Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Sharon Villines, April 12 2015
- Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) R Philip Dowds, April 12 2015
- Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Ann Zabaldo, April 12 2015
- Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) R Philip Dowds, April 12 2015
- Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Ann Zabaldo, April 12 2015
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Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Ann Zabaldo, April 12 2015
- Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen) Ann Zabaldo, April 12 2015
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