Re: Krupskaya

Phillip Allen White (pwhite who-is-at carbon.cudenver.edu)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:58:09 -0600 (MDT)

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Katherine Brown wrote:

> Reskin wrote a book called Job Queues and
> Gender Queues that argued that whatheppens when an occupation becomes
> feminized is that women gain access, the wages fall, and men leave.

this reminds me of when whites leave a neighborhood after people
of color move in - in the study it was after african-americans moved in -
which is that when the percentage moves from 8% to 10%, then whites begin
moving out in increasing numbers - this is also when they say that they
live in an integrated neighborhood. the difference between 8 percent and
10 percent is that people of color are noticeable. a difference that
makes a difference.

it is almost as if whites define themselves as whites through
negation - they are not black.

rather like the way men define themselves as men - they don't have
feminine attributes.

the way heterosexuals define themselves as heterosexuals - they
don't have homosexual relationships.

interesting, Katherine - thanks .......

how can it be that Zhozephina Shif be a footnote in chapter six of
vygotsky's 'Thought and language', and be presented by her in her
publications as her text, as nate pointed out.....
i do think there is a connection to this question and what
Katherine has written.

phillip

phillip white pwhite who-is-at carbon.cudenver.edu

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