tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post3516011677127117296..comments2007-12-12T21:33:57.440-03:00Phillipe Copelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342490962831946701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-32243816785769571802007-12-12T21:33:00.000-03:002007-12-12T21:33:00.000-03:00Hi Phillipe,<BR/> I couldn't find your email on the site, so here is my email. If you could send me your email we can take it from there. dimitishler@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>Also can you not post this comment with my email in it. For the sake of not getting spam.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for you help<BR/><BR/>Kind regards DimiDiminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-88204383552920889902007-12-11T00:07:00.000-03:002007-12-11T00:07:00.000-03:00Hi Dimi<BR/><BR/>Send me an email and I will try and connect you to some people that I know in New York. Sounds like an interesting project.Phillipe Copelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342490962831946701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-32970279524219677932007-12-10T22:24:00.000-03:002007-12-10T22:24:00.000-03:00Hi Phillip,<BR/><BR/>I was excited to find your blog in the last few days as it speaks to a topic I am working with currently in the form of a novel. I am interested in the specter of racism both within and outside the African-American culture in the U.S .<BR/>At least a large portion of the novel is set in Harlem, New York, and I would be interested in entering into a dialog with you and others you might be able to point me to who may be interested. Since I am a relative outsider to the U.S and Harlem particularly I am not privy to the subtle aspects of the issues of racism there. I am seeking then some objectivity or alternate views on racism in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>I would also be interested in the conclusions which arise from the conference you mention taking place in Greenacre in February. I suppose you will most probably make an entry in your blog about the conclusions of this conference. <BR/><BR/>Thank you in advance for any response to my questions.<BR/><BR/>Kind regards DimiDiminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-90342602746461955182007-12-07T19:44:00.000-03:002007-12-07T19:44:00.000-03:00Liz I agree, one of the things that many of these trainings lack is a spiritual view of the human beings whose attitudes and behaviors they are trying to change. This is a fundamental issue that is missed we lack a common understanding human beings as fundamentally spiritual and racism as a fundamentally spiritual problem.Phillipe Copelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342490962831946701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-22198265699652487142007-12-07T04:20:00.000-03:002007-12-07T04:20:00.000-03:00In my old job I used to work with new teachers freshly minted from college and the discussions we'd have about diversity were off the hook. They SO wanted to believe they didn't have a racist bone in their bodies, mainly because they figured they'd, "Sat through all those diversity trainings." When I'd point out to them that they weren't calling on the black kids in the room, only the Latino kids, they'd be so angry, like I was talking about their momma or something! <BR/><BR/>So many believed that attending diversity trainings in undergrad meant that they'd eliminated any vestige of racism from their psyche. And they believed that by working in a low-income neighborhood with children of color that that exempted them from being racist.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214noreply@blogger.com