tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470800272309893246.post3456206147226909211..comments2023-08-23T08:13:02.884-05:00Comments on CCCC: Rhetorics of Survivance: "Recovery" Work for American Indian WritingNCTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12254024796847309329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470800272309893246.post-83392144865003018992008-07-14T20:33:00.000-05:002008-07-14T20:33:00.000-05:00Kimberly, If we take Malea at face value, which I ...Kimberly, <BR/><BR/>If we take Malea at face value, which I think we can on this, then I think she'd say we probably must resist this turn to unity, as you say. It sounds like dropping the dash before we've actually achieved any kind of unification culturally, politically, ideologically, means we are really trying to ignore history and the materiality of people in favor of a vision (like the "vision" that Edward Said talks about in _Orientialism_) that projects hopes of equality and union without much chance at actually building those things first. To me, this is rhetoric of diversity itself what those who can afford to call us all the same do so since it does not harm them, but makes them feel better about their positions on the racial landscape and ignore inequality. <BR/><BR/>Asao B. Inoue<BR/>CSU, FresnoAsao B. Inouehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05728962184475635542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470800272309893246.post-8022211589467829262008-07-03T03:08:00.000-05:002008-07-03T03:08:00.000-05:00Those of us in composition and rhetoric understand...Those of us in composition and rhetoric understand the importance of diversity in teaching, scholarship, and research. The viewpoints of women and scholars of color are welcomed and appreciated in our field and there is no problem with a scholar's need to identify him/herself in terms of cultural/ethnic identity. In terms of situatedness, that is a part of our 'voice' which allows us to give back to the professoriate, mentor others, and receive support. As much as diversity is welcomed and appreciated in our field, I see a 'strange' turn to the elimination or flattening of diversity in favor of "unity." I was online at the Amazon.com website this evening and I came across a nonfiction forum with a thread that asked the question, "Should all Americans 'drop the dash' and remove ethnic prefixes to our nationality?' To me it seems natural to identify oneself as Native American. However, I wonder about this movement to 'drop the dash/hyphen', and other movements that challenge diversity. Will we one day have to face students who--already resisting 'race'--will also vote in favor of "unity" over "diversity" and deny, abandon or resist cultural identity markers? How would this affect our teaching, scholarship, and research, and how diversity is played out in our classrooms?Ms. Kimberly Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155347350247643205noreply@blogger.com