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I don't think anyone's saying 'Separate,' Kai. I'll bet Chas does say 'Equal,' though.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> From: editor@lataheagle.com<br>> To: chasuk@gmail.com; hend5953@vandals.uidaho.edu<br>> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:53:13 -0700<br>> CC: vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net; donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Interfaith Panel Thurs. May 15<br>> <br>> Fruit salad? Or to put it more simply, "Separate, but equal"?<br>> <br>> <br>> Now, where have I heard that before?????<br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------------<br>> From: "Chasuk" <chasuk@gmail.com><br>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:36 PM<br>> To: "Mo Hendrickson" <hend5953@vandals.uidaho.edu><br>> Cc: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>; <br>> <vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net><br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Interfaith Panel Thurs. May 15<br>> <br>> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Donovan Arnold<br>> > <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com> asked:<br>> ><br>> >> Why are some people so obsessed with a person's gender, race, religion, <br>> >> and<br>> >> sexual orientation? Does it matter?<br>> ><br>> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Mo Hendrickson<br>> > <hend5953@vandals.uidaho.edu> replied:<br>> ><br>> >> It is important that we realize the inherent worth in all people<br>> >> for what they have to contribute to the betterment of our nation and <br>> >> world.<br>> ><br>> > And:<br>> ><br>> >> We all should be trying to make spaces for diversity to enter<br>> >> into the conversation so that one day we won't need to rely on those<br>> >> categories.<br>> ><br>> > For Mo's first point, unconditional agreement. For his latter point,<br>> > I provisionally agree, as long as we are not talking about<br>> > homogenizing those categories to the point that they are nonexistent.<br>> > I'm not a melting pot proponent (an assimilationist). I'm a fruit<br>> > salad proponent (a multiculturalist). The Mauritian Catholic priest<br>> > Henri Souchon spoke of fruit salad and fruit compote. I wish I could<br>> > quote him directly, but I am depressingly monolingual. But I can<br>> > quote from someone who explicates his point very well:<br>> ><br>> > http://folk.uio.no/geirthe/Multiculturalism.html<br>> ><br>> > "... Souchon sees two possible scenarios for Mauritius regarding the<br>> > relationship between ethnic boundaries and the formation of identity<br>> > categories oblivious to ethnicity. He calls them the fruit salad and<br>> > the fruit compote, respectively. In the fruit salad, the components<br>> > are clearly distinct; ethnic boundaries are intact, and reflexively<br>> > "rooted" identites are secure and stable. In the fruit compote, on the<br>> > other hand, the different fruits are squashed and mixed together with<br>> > substantial use of force. (This metaphor, it may be noted, is a<br>> > variant of the American melting pot metaphor.) The result of the<br>> > compote de fruit, in père Souchon's view, would be uprootedness,<br>> > nihilism and confusion. He himself therefore supports the fruit salad<br>> > variety..."<br>> ><br>> > I was in a bookstore in Vancouver, B.C. a few years ago and read some<br>> > translated Souchon expressing these ideas, and they spoke to my<br>> > cosmopolitan soul. I've thought of myself as a fruit salad guy ever<br>> > since.<br>> ><br>> > Chas<br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> ><br>> Kai Eiselein<br>> Editor, Latah Eagle <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></body>
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