Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Movies or short videos about cohousing (Malin Hansen)

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Philip – – I didn't say anything guilt. What a completely useless emotion. 

And frankly I think that's a real indicator of how we hide from facing this 
issue head-on. "I don't want to feel guilty." White guilt.  It's a defense.

Look I'm not an expert at this. I wrestle with my own demons around issues of 
social justice. But I know for a fact we're never going to make any headway if 
we miss the very minor things of opening our communities to people of color. 
And that doesn't just mean that we're happy to have people of color come to us. 
How about we go out to them?

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma village cohousing
Washington DC

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> On Apr 12, 2015, at 10:32 AM, R Philip Dowds <rpdowds [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
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