Paul, thanks for pointing out the confusion. I was thinking of a particular
phenomenon that isn't generalizable to every text. The note was meant to be
evocative; allusive; to invite reflection on our own ways with words.
Obviously, it was not effective. Judy
At 10:46 AM 12/7/99 -0800, you wrote:
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>"How is it that the texts we write repeat us? That the (positive) assertions
>we make of others so consistently mirror our strenghts, and the (negative)
>assertions we make of others so consistently mirror our own deficiencies."
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>following this line of reasoning one could come to the conclusion that the
>critique that something is "white, male, and middle class" mirrors a "white
>male middle class" position. Surely this isn't what you mean to say.
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Judith Diamondstone (732) 932-7496 Ext. 352
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
10 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183
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