Re: Australian Boat People

[Jenny Campbell <gaffcam@mira.net>]

This is getting to be a flame as I knew it would.
What precisely is so wonderful about being patriotic about this racist
country we live in? ie  Australia.
Try asking a few aborigines about how they are treated.
Why is it that the right wingers in politics always feel so self-righteous.

Josephine Dervan wrote:

>I want to thank Barbara for sharing those resources with us. I didn't
>find her post any more biased that the information that she posted about
>the Olympics last Fall. On second thought she was very biased about the
>great showing that the Aussie's made at the Olympics as well as the
>superb way that they handled the games. Her national pride showed
>through.
>
>One of the things we need to do is to give our students the facts and
>let them sort it out. An example might be the current congress on racism
>being held in South Africa. You may feel as the US does that this
>meeting is tainted by pro Palestinian resolutions. You may feel that we
>were wrong to boycott them. However you have to present this information
>to your students for their own evaluation.
>
>Thanks again Barbara for sharing those resources that were certainly NOT
>off topic to those of us who are asked for help in finding controversial
>materials by our patrons.
>
>Jo-who like Karen DeFrank returns to school on Tuesday
>
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Cheers,
Jenny Campbell, unemployed teacher librarian
Melbourne,
Australia
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