Hi, I prefer the use of material that is closer to home. I suggest demonstrating that culture(s) like ours that are mechanical and foster sameness are likely to be unable to escape ethnocentrism even when we are trying to replace racism with diversity. I suggest exposing two of "concepts" used by professionals in their efforts to "reduce" racism as expressions of ethnocentrism. They are "white skin privilege" and the "invisible back pack".
Both are according to people of color on our panel these "tools" are just another example of how white people want to make it all about them. White skin privilege not only makes it about white people it promotes the belief that not being discriminated against,.lynched or denied rights a privilege. The absence of social justice becomes a matter of privilege. Race hatred is a matter of privilege..... that is deep ethnocentrism...... a commitment to anti diversity.... an organic society is diverse in nature... diversity leads to survival. This give you a chance to bring together .... Darwin, Durkheim....biological diversity.......... even investment diversity. This allows the expansion of ethnocentrism..... to other what appear to be unrelated pro entropic processes. One person pointed out that the attempts of gays to get equal rights was also spin as asking for a privilege. There was some suggestion from members that suggested that whites did not recognize the diversity among whites The invisible back pack when tested on our panel brought comments such as white people can't seem to get it.... they can't seem to thing that we don't want to be like them...... are they guilty? Some of them suggested that books like Amazing Grace gave a picture of people of color that denied the existing diversity. It is a start Del John Glass wrote: > hi, Sandra > > something i found very effective were the Danish cartoons that satirized > Muslims -- they were effective fodder for a nice discussion. i'm sure if > you did an internet search you could still find them. > > i am finding that using something like this instead of a video can be as > effective if not more. usually when i show a video i stop it numerous > times to make points; i know that the students dislike this, but i also > don't want them zoning out like they are conditioned to do at home or > with their playstations! > > john > > John E. Glass, Ph.D. > Professor of Sociology > Treasurer, CCCC Faculty Association > Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences > Colin County Community College > Preston Ridge Campus > 9700 Wade Boulevard > Frisco, TX 75035 > +1-972-377-1622 > http://iws.ccccd.edu/jglass/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "We are more concerned about the discovery of knowledge than with its > dissemination" > B. F. Skinner > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
