(NAME-MCE) Name-mce Digest, Vol 858, Issue 1

Tue Jul 15 13:29:40 EDT 2008

Re:  Intellectual lynching

I think Teja Arboleda's focus in the phrasing "training children to absorb 
diversity (not 'tolerate', because
that suggests resistance, and not 'acceptance' because that suggests 
struggle)" will lend itself well as a good stepping off point for use with 
preservice teachers to discuss the differences in these approaches.

Dan Hechenberger
Doctoral Candidate, C & I - Social Sciences
SIU-Carbondale

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>   1.  Associate Director of Diversity (Phyllis Utley)
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>   3. Re:  Intellectual lynching (Teja Arboleda)
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> From: Phyllis Utley <utleyp at yahoo.com>
> Subject: (NAME-MCE) Associate Director of Diversity
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> Is anyone on the list an Associate Director of Diversity at a University 
> ???
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> ?
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> From: Phyllis Utley <utleyp at yahoo.com>
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> The reason for my question about Associate Directors of Diversity at 
> Universities is I am considering a position locally and wanted to speak 
> with someone who is currently in a similar position in another 
> university....
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> Phyllis
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> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:13:27 -0400
> From: Teja Arboleda <Teja at EntertainingDiversity.com>
> Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Intellectual lynching
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> Intellectual lynching, as we know is prevalent and in many cases, the
> driving force within the economic and social needs of many institutions. 
> As
> a professor, actor and television producer, this is what I talk about and
> produce about, and yet, most of the world doesn't listen - rather, they
> don't want to listen. I'm producing a new series of PBS, and the 'sell' 
> for
> the series, even for PBS is a struggle, because of what people are
> comfortable with - yes, even the PBS audience.
>
> My father's mother was from Hilton Head. Most of my Black relatives live 
> in
> trailers, mobile homes, and are systematically being squeezed off the 
> land.
> If a girl cries because she doesn't want to teach in a system with Black
> kids, then I ask this question: Is she crying because she is scared? Or is
> she crying because she feels guilty?
>
> As an actor, I know that there will always be people of color in the
> audition waiting rooms, but they won't actually get the jobs -this is the
> way casting companies can prove to the world that they do audition, and
> value diversity. But we know for a fact that Chris Tucker (Rush Hour I, II
> and III) represents what the world wants to see - and he bows to the 
> system
> because it makes him wealthy. We talk about this in my last documentary,
> "Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians".
>
> And as a professor, I know that most young people have not been taught to
> think outside of their experiences (including the limitations of diversity
> in the media), so how can we expect them to jump in to a world that 
> they've
> been taught to be scared of? One of my interns who knows very well the 
> kind
> of work that I do told me that she doesn't like Black people (I nearly
> jumped out of my seat). She explained that two Black guys killed her aunt,
> and she was sexually molested by two Black men. I flipped the story by
> eliminating the 'Black' quotient, and emphasized 'Men'. She stopped, 
> thought
> about it, shook her head as if she just realized that it's Men she doesn't
> like, including her boyfriend...now that made me laugh!
>
> Early experiences in life is what designs us. Without investing in the
> future by training children to absorb diversity (not 'tolerate', because
> that suggests resistance, and not 'acceptance' because that suggests
> struggle), then intellectual lynching will be the design for profit and
> power.
>
> --
> There is no box.
>
> Teja Arboleda, M.Ed.
> Entertaining Diversity, Inc.
> PO Box 126, Dedham, MA 02027
> (781) 329-7040
>
> Member: National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
> Member: Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA)
> Member: Filmmakers Collaborative
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