Re: Describing Diversity
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com)
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:30:56 -0700 (PDT)
> On Sep 12, 2016, at 2:44 AM, John Carver <jcarver [at] islandnet.com> wrote:
> 
> When it comes to being inclusive of diversity I find what really matters is 
> differences of personalities, not differences of colour, ability or sexual 
> orientation. How we all get along when some are competitive and demanding, 
> some always resistant of changes, some communicate in ways that some others 
> find embarrassing, some just naturally don't have the same sense of clean as 
> some others.

I totally agree. When I think of people, personality is what I think about. And 
personal habits. When I think of skin color its as  part of their appearance. 
This person always wears a Hispanic hat. This person has a big stomach. This 
person always has perfect hair. This person ….

For parents who are getting children off to school at 7:30, the person who 
sleeps til noon, is a pain. Kids make a lot of noise in the morning, as well as 
parents coaxing them along. Yelling on all three sides.

> But I don't think you'd put on your website "approximately 12% of residents 
> are aggressive, 8% are docile, 16% are perfectionists,…"

But on a daily basis this is what will drive new peopled nuts one way or 
another so it would be more appropriate. But how to count? Self described, I 
think. One person said to me just a few years ago that he is always angry. 
Always. I always thought he was very laid back.

The results I would like to see are 98% have never thrown a chair across a room 
in a meeting. 65% have never yelled in a meeting. 78% have never pounded the 
table in a meeting. 32% have never made a face in disgust when someone else 
expressed their opinion in a meeting. 

45% have never been in the kitchen. 83% of parents have never straightened up 
the kids room. 72% have never parked in the wrong parking space.

Can you live with that? After almost 16 years, most of us do without any long 
term problems.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org





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