On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Alan Shilepsky wrote: > Matthea Little Smith said: > > "I am not saying those that don't look like me > will purposefully misrepresent me, but I truly > would feel more comfortable with someone that I > know has demonstrated they have the same or > similar values making major decisions about my > life." > ------------------------------------------------ > > I'm sorry that Matthea feels this way. Reminds me of my 1993 primary > campaign for 7th Ward City Council. One woman I doorknocked in Bryn > Mawr told me flat out: "I never vote for a man." > > Personally I think it is prejudicial to say you don't trust a person > (intentions aside) to represent you because they are white or because > they are hetrosexual or because they are male. > > Regrettably by her post Matthea encourages other people to practice the > same prejudice she feels. Which in turn builds walls of suspicion and > distrust, that only get higher over time. (Let's all sit by ourselves > in the cafeteria.)
I do not understand how you arrive at your conclusions. From reading the quoted excerpt from Matthea Little Smith's posting, I find that I have similar feelings, I have greater trust for those who have demonstrated same or similar values. I fail to see how my trusting those with same or similar values is identity politics. Scott McGerik Hawthorne/Minneapolis http://www.mcgerik.com/scott/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
