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Dr. Mukwaya
I have thought through "Who will tell the people": The betrayal of American Democracy" by William Greider. In social science terms it is a good book but sociologically it is a muted.
My view is simple - human choices are not infinite in fact they are very limited indeed. And I hope now every body can realsie this fact.
This is what we have to develop into a model to read into our own acts i.e. behaviours, wants and needs. A Model that can be used wherever people are stuck , they can test their own possibilities and see their own prospects.
It has taken me several years to reach this conclusion thanks to Ugandanet that offer experimentation possible.
Horowitz make a fuss about black people in his book "The Bell Curve� but forgets that his level of viewing the world and reality is on another plane i.e. his social status in the society he refers to vis vis the one he refers to.
But why should we Ugandans write the same book about ourselves?
Is it the same that goes with Uganda societies?!
As Dr. Seguya gave us the model about knowledge and power - one must look deeper into what is really meant or behind the model as per human acts - and their yearnings.
For 40 years there is nothing that has happened in our society other than retrogress, social misery and economically.
Today I can give sure answers to these questions and we can move on without much hustle.
bwanika.
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:09:52 +0200
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From: Mukwaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (by way of bd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Subject: Re: ugnet_: abnormal distribution
I have just finished reading "Who will tell the people: The betrayal of
American Democracy" by William Greider (Simon and Schuster, New York, NY 1992. ISBN 0-671-68891-X). This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to have the most rudimentary understanding of the American political system.
I found the book actually quite depressing because it conveys a sense of
futility in what passes for political debate in this country. I saw William
Greider on C-SPAN recently and what a contrast he makes to the numerous propagandists who masquerade as journalists on American TV.
The worst aspect of "The Bell Curve" in my opinion is that it did not provide a credible definition of who is "Black" based on genetic information.
Children with 50% of their genes (or 70%, 80%, 90%) inherited from a caucasia
parent are classified as blacks (as long as they are not 100% white).
Secondly, there is no credible explanation given to the much higher
achievements of 100% blacks born in Africa, the Carribean or anywhere else
except the USA. Lastly, one of the terrible crimes committed by books such as
"The Bell Curve" is that they are devoid of facts and figures concerning the
maldistribution of investment (in housing, education, infrastructure,
municipal services, policing, garbage collection etc. etc.) between white and black communities (and between poor and affluent communities) which is so obvious to anyone driving through any American city.
Dinesh D'Souza (a Goan Indian) at the American Enterprise Institute (a
Washington right-wing think tank) has made a career out of denigrating
African-Americans. Peruse any of his writings and you will see absolutely no mention of this maldistribution of investments between black and
predominantly caucasian communities. An Israel citizen (if Jewish) enjoys more benefits from the American taxpayer (white or black) than the vast majority of hardworking, taxpaying African-American citizens.
Geoffrey Mukwaya.
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bwanika
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