I, for one, hope there are other lists available to carry this dialogue
further.  Museums are places for people to come together IF the subject
matter interests them.

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> From: Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Response to Gary Bauer
> Date: Monday, October 20, 1997 9:23 AM
>
> Gary Bauer writes, feverishly:
> > It used to be we were united.
>
> When was this?  Who was united?
>
> Was it white and black?
> Was it christian and jew?
> Was it latinos and people of European descent?
> Was it working men and managers?
>
> I agree that the terms diversity, etc, are getting beaten to the ground,
> and that the concept is being used to create group entitlements that
might
> disregard larger unities.  But, please, don't hold up the current times
> against an imaginary past where we were all united.  There was a unity of
> perspective presented in the mainstream media, say in the early 60's.
But
> that was principally because there were such a limited range of voices
> represented in the media.
>
> Eric Siegel