Re: RIP, Daniel Pearl

[Anne Richardson <anne_rich@HOTMAIL.COM>]

First of all, the quote grabbed below, though it was attributed to me, is
actually from the message I was replying to....

Second of all, it is *because* I acknowledge the hate in me that I attended
the Nonviolent Communication workshop. I can only change *myself* and hope
that it makes a difference. I believe that, in order to change things, we
must focus on what we want, rather than on what we don't want.

- Anne

> From: Michelle in Nevada <5alive31@CHARTER.NET>
> Reply-To: Assessment Reform Network Mailing List <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
> To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU
> Subject: Re: RIP, Daniel Pearl
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:53:13 -0800
>
> B"H
>
> With all due respect for peace-building and all that . . . is it healthy
> not
> to recognize hate at all? To ignore it?  To pretend like it didn't happen
> and just go along with some sweet version of "peace"?
>
> Hello!  We must acknowledge hate for what it is first.
>
> Then find out where it come from.
>
> Then deal with it.
>
> If we don't talk about the fact that hate exists, we can never build peace.
> This is the problem I see with a HUGE amount of so-called educational
> materials that water-down the issues of religion, culture, gender, and
> economic issues and call them "political" conflicts. Let's call them what
> they are!!
>
> What happened to Pearl might be partially political, but it was, by the
> admission of his kidnappers, also based on the fact that he is a JEW.
> Ignoring that fact will not bring peace or change the minds of the people
> who hold anti-Semitic views.
>
> When I teach ethnic American literatures, the African American kids, the
> Mexican American kids, and the American Indian kids talk about what they
> see
> in the stories and they discuss their issues.  A lot of times the white
> kids
> just sit there and don't say a thing.  That is NOT acceptable.  They must
> come to the table and talk too.  Ignoring them, what they think, and how
> they feel will only allow them to sit there and let their biases and their
> ignorance and their own pain fester.  This doesn't help.  We need to hear
> from EVERYONE, and we need to know where they stand, how they feel about
> the
> conversation, and know where the people's pain resides.
>
> Whitewashing Pearl will not make him less of a Jew.  Whitewashing the men
> who kidnapped him into "people fighting for a political goal" will not make
> them less anti-Semitic.  Can we just look, honestly and squarely, at the
> world and see that hate exists?
>
> That is the first step.  Ignoring it (which I have seen everyone on this
> list do so far regarding my comments) does not make it go away, it
> strengthens it.
>
> We could talk all day about good educational strategies on this list, but
> that won't solve the problem with testing.  We have to take testing on,
> show
> it for what it is, right?
>
> Why can't you people see that the same thing must be done with hate.  We
> can't just show the alternative, we must see hate, acknowledge it, and show
> it for what it is.
>
> Michelle
>
> From: Anne Richardson <anne_rich@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: RIP, Daniel Pearl
>
> >Let us not succumb to an-eye-for-an-eye-and-a-tooth-for-a-tooth mentality
> >that our leaders engender.
> >
> >Peacebuilding greetings to one and all,




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