Re: Birmingham cheating: Artilce #4 - Blaming the Victims

[Judi Hirsch <judih@OUSD.K12.CA.US>]

Dear Steve, you are 100% right and  I do apologize for  my
misstatements. Of course there was resistance from the very
beginning of the oppression!  What I meant to say was that
those people OUTSIDE of the South only began to take
notice when it was THEIR sons and daughters whose lives were
on the line. Please forgive me.
Judi

----- Original Message -----
From: Anne Nonniemouse <ShopMathEdu@AOL.COM>
To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: Birmingham cheating: Artilce #4 - Blaming the Victims


> In a message dated 6/20/00 7:46:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
> judih@OUSD.K12.CA.US writes:
>
> << Reminds me of the Civil Rights Movement--things didn't start to
>  change till the sons and daughters of northerners went down and
>  put their bodies on the line---maybe that will start to happen now
>  too. >>
>
> We appreciate all the help we can get from any friendly corner that it
comes
> from.  I know that the above statement was meant with all of the best
> intentions, but those of us in the South would not characterize the
progress
> of the Civil Rights movement this way.  It is true that more people in the
> north and around the world LEARJED about the Civil Rights movement which
was
> already in progress when northerners began to participate in it.  However,
> please be assured that CHANGE began to happen when the first seed of
> resistance, whether in regard to a bus seat, a lunch counter, registering
to
> vote, drinking out of a water fountain, organizing a union, purchasing a
> piece of fruit, entering a dance hall or every other aspect of life, was
> planted and initiated with dignity and pride by the residents of the
South,
> both African-American and white, in opposition to segregation and Jim
Crow.
>
> What we are seeing in Birmingham today is a continuation of the civil
rights
> movement of the 1920s-30s-50s-60s and so on.  Whenever we are complacent,
we
> lose our rights and we will not gain them back unless there is resistance.
> And, we'll lose them again if we forget this lesson.
>
> Please stay in touch with us and send any comments, suggestions,
criticisms,
> new ideas.  We may not agree on everything, but I feel confident that the
> folks who read the Fair Test list are marching down the road to freedom
and
> equality.  We wish to join y'all in this effort.  We hope you will support
> what we are trying to do, to make the pushed out students whole and equal,
> and to guarantee their right to a quality education.
>
> Warmest greetings to one and all,
>
> Steve Orel
>
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