Maree, If, on your way South from Redding to Santa Monica you find yourself in the Bay Area (somewhat unlikely, if you're going via Yosemite, but hey), Nick and I are in the South Bay.
I, for one, would welcome the opportunity to meet another list member in 3Space. Dave On Oct 25, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Ray & Maree Ludenia wrote: >> On Behalf Of Jon Louis Mann > > >> Subject: Racial and Gender bigotry >> Welcome to the list and to America, Maree! I have travelled >> extensively in AUS and New Zed and would be curious to hear how >> different racial and gender bias is in America, compared to down >> under, >> and how it is dealt with in your educational system, and in families? >> >> American television is being exported all over the world, but not Fox >> News Network, yet... (although Rupert Murdouch is now an American >> citizen, I believe.~) We do have many television programs that do >> promote tolerance and sensitivity, many of which are spinoffs from >> European programs. >> >> If you pass by Santa Monica, CA in your travels please contact me. >> Jon Mann >> (310) 664-3712 >> > > Hi Jon and thank you for your kind words. > Australians are as xenophobic as Americans in a generalist sense. It > was > only with the recent change in government that an apology for the > treatment > of our Aboriginal people was being formulated. The apology may have > been > made by now, but if that is the case I missed out on hearing about > it over > here. > Although education is an essential part of the solution to the > problem, > there needs to be a broader response for this to work. This should > IMHO > include carefully monitored affirmative action programs. Positive role > models in various positions in media also help mitigate bias. > Community > education projects can also help. Churches, and other institutions for > social control and organisation, can have a great effect. We could > also use > are more activists like Mahatma Ghandi or Martin Luther King. I am > sure > there are many other approaches that will work as well. > > My comment about broadening the solution came from my experience as a > secondary school teacher. Over the years, whenever there is a societal > problem the call goes out "Get the schools to deal with it." Schools > are > instruments of social control and can be quite effective in that role. > However, the more social programs foisted on schools the less time > they have > to devote to teaching thinking, researching, arguing, reading, > writing, > mathematics, science, history, geography and all the other important > subjects that an educated person needs to know to effectively > function in > our society. It is a difficult job getting the balance correct and > one that > schools at home do amazingly well. I know so little about the system > here in > the US that I would not like to comment on how well things work here. > > Of course between you and me we can solve all the world's > problems ;-). > Regards, > Maree Ludenia > > PS We are currently in Redding CA and moving south - Yosemite calls > before > it gets too cold. We may end up in the Santa Monica area and if we > do I > would love to catch up with you. ML > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
