Re: Reading Quotations and gender

["Mary J. Soucie" <mjsoucie@HTLS.LIB.IL.US>]

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Jana-Ruth,
Hello! Good for you- I think we often get too concerned with being
"politically correct" and then lose our original message/intent, etc.
Thank you for your very passionate and, IMHO "wonderfully coorect", post!
8-)
MJS

Jana-Ruth Achbach wrote:
>
> Bonnie Stauffacher wrote:
>
> >         Before we distribute or post these quotes, let's take a few minutes to
> > make sure they are inclusive. Changing a word or two will in all cases do the
> > trick.
>
> I certainly will NOT make these suggested changes.  If I am quoting, I'm
> quoting, not changing language to fit someone's idea of political correctness.
> I will not perpetuate this mistaken idea that the use of a general term like
> "mankind" is going to make girls feel excluded.  Give our children more credit
> than that.  Yes, many of the quotes are quite old (& quite good for the
> purpose), but wouldn't that provide a great opportunity for a conversation
> (teachable moment) about history, how times and language and people change, or
> how word meanings perhaps aren't always as litteral as some believe (or would
> like) them to be. We often create a bigger problem than we seek to solve when we
> get so mired in political correctness that we fail to present information
> honestly & truthfully.
>
> Jana-Ruth Achbach, LIS
> Arvada High School
> Arvada, CO  80004
> jachbach@jeffco.k12.co.us
>
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