Cohousing-L Mailing List: Diversity in Cohousing

[Abe Ross (cohoyote]

Why do you feel it necessary to note (a) his colour (b) his being articulate 
(c) the. colour of the person to whom he is married? Would you have done that 
if he were not  person of colour?

Abe Ross

Feb 21, 2023 8:45:11 AM Zev Paiss <zevpaiss [at] gmail.com>:

> The comments I made with regard to language and cultural differences came out 
> of a very recent diversity talk I was part of in a forming community in Costa 
> Rica, where the currently almost all white middle to upper class group of 
> potential residents, were asking how to bring POC into their group. One 
> extremely articulate and wonderful black man who is married to a white 
> pediatrician made the comment that differences in culture and language would 
> most probably not be welcomed so readily in that community.