I was also getting ready to respond. I was wondering if it was my eurocentric background that prevented me from understanding why the responses in that fable were typical Anglo or African. One could easily replace the characters with a child from the city and a child from the country.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph.D. Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University of NY http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 312 3474 -----Original Message----- From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:03 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Black History Month: finally That's a cute story, but what does it have to do with Eurocentric vs. Afrocentric thinking? That one is better at critical thinking than the other? Did I miss something? Beth Benoit University System of New Hampshire on 2/26/02 12:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In order to show the distinction between the Eurocentric and the Afrocentric > perspectives' I tell this episode from the African archives. > "There were two birds on the same brach of a tree.A gunman came and shot one > of the birds." The teach asked an Anglo how many is left. > The white kid answered only one was left on the branch. > But the African kid said, "none will be left,the other one would fly away." > Well,till next year and this is what they will not tell you in Psychology > class. > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
