Re: New diversity statement | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Tiffany Lee Brown (magdalen23gmail.com) | |
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:57:52 -0700 (PDT) |
Carol and Crystal -- Thank you for taking the time to respond. A lot of us progressive, community-oriented white liberals need to be helped along in our understanding of what others experience. Our good intentions only go so far. I imagine it would be frustrating to watch us make assumptions and cast generalizations. I apologize for any such remarks I've made in this conversation so far... And again thank you for not giving up on us entirely. -T in Oregon Sent from the far shores of a distant land > On Sep 27, 2016, at 11:16 AM, carol collier via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] > cohousing.org> wrote: > > > blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px > #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white > !important; } I left this conversation long ago because it is typical. You > have a lot of people us what we think or feel based on some alleged > interaction, but the very people living the life are dismissed. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 11:51 AM, Crystal Farmer <crystalbyrdfarmer > [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's fine to presume that the majority of black people don't want to live > in cohousing, but you have at least two black people on this mailing list > that say they do. We are also suggesting ways to make minorities more > comfortable with learning about and living in cohousing. Are you going to > discount those views because it takes too much work? > > People of all races come by our tables at events and listen to my spiel > about cohousing. It takes less than a minute. When they say, "That's a > great idea!" I invite them to learn more. I don't say, "Well you probably > already have a supportive community so you don't need us." > > It is very typical for black people to be told what their experience is > instead of others listening to them. > > Crystal Farmer > Charlotte Cohousing Community > > Quote: > Based on my experience managing outreach for a forming community in the DC > area, I've come to the conclusion that cohousers may want diversity, but > "minorities" (for lack of a better umbrella term) don't necessarily want > more community. For starters, they're more likely to either stay close to > home and family or bring family with them if they move. Either way, they'll > also be deeply involved in cultural and/or religious organizations. > > For example, your typical home-buying African American female in the DC > area will have a demanding job, will have extended family in the area (or > maybe in southern VA or NC, where she will visit often), will be very > active in a church, and will also be involved with her college sorority. Is > she really going to be looking for another set of commitments and > activities when she comes home from a long day at work? Especially > involving a bunch of earnest liberals trying to excise their white guilt? > > White people are the ones who leave their families and move cross-country > all by themselves and find themselves rootless and lonely and seeking > community. > > Of course there will be exceptions to everything I've said, and maybe I'm > completely wrong, but I spent way too much time trying to explain cohousing > to people who were clearly thinking "Why on earth would I want to get > involved in something like that?" Then I started marketing to the LGBTQ > community and got a much better reception. > > Katie Henry > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
- Re: New diversity statement, (continued)
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Re: New diversity statement Gerald Manata, September 26 2016
- Re: New diversity statement Elizabeth Magill, September 27 2016
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Re: New diversity statement Crystal Farmer, September 27 2016
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Re: New diversity statement carol collier, September 27 2016
- Re: New diversity statement Tiffany Lee Brown, September 27 2016
- Re: New diversity statement mira Danyel brisk, September 27 2016
- Re: New diversity statement Tiffany Lee Brown, September 28 2016
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Re: New diversity statement carol collier, September 27 2016
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Re: New diversity statement Gerald Manata, September 26 2016
- Re: New diversity statement Alice Alexander, September 27 2016
- Re: New diversity statement Sharon Villines, September 27 2016
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