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From: PEGGY WEEKS [SMTP:peggy_w@nde4.nde.state.ne.us]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 9:47 AM
To: edequity@tristram.edc.org
Subject: Re: what constituted discrimination? -Reply
-Reply
Excluding the contributions of women in a curriculum is bias.
Your
confusion over discrimination is understandable. I use
"discrimination" in
a legal sense- and- thus, don't call such omissions
"discrimination." The
horrid thing about bias is that it grows over time and often can
lead to
discrimination. I liken it to a resident virus just slowly
eroding the true
health of the country. Bias to me is a symptom of a deeper
problem that
causes us to "divide" along lines of difference, instead of
celebrating the
differences.
<peggy_w@nde4.nde.state.ne.us>
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>>> C123S105L <C123S105L@aol.com> 03/09/98 06:08pm >>>
Sometimes I think I get more amd more ''confused'' regarding
Title IX.
Iam reading here information distributed by the New York State
Education
Department A SUMARY OF THE TITLE IX IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS
and when it comes to TEXTBOOKS AND CURRICULAR MATERIALS, it
says:
Nothing in the Regulation requires or prohibits the use of
particular
textbooks or curricular materials. So is this mean that a
teacher can
continue to exclude women from their curriculum and she is not
discriminating ??
<C123S105L@aol.com>