Comments on: The paradox of inclusion

By: CdV

CdV — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:08:30 +0000

Hi Chris,

The orignal paper, A Case Against Inclusion, is now here – http://www.pinkpractice.co.uk/inclusion.htm. It would be good to think this through more. Having re-read it, I am not sure how much my experience has changed but I’d like my ideas to move on!

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[...] Chris Corrigan (inspired by Kathy Jourdain, “we need to stop patting ourselves on the back about how inclusive we think we are being and begin to look at our own assumptions and beliefs”) gives us the question “Am I willing to live in a world that includes what I think I hate?” more [...]

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By: patti digh

patti digh — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:02:51 +0000

chris – thanks for this, which I found quite interesting. My work life (and whole life, really, what a concept!) centers around issues of inclusion, and I am always intrigued to engage in exploring – at a deeper level – issues that too often are addressed on the surface of things. I’m thinking a lot about inclusion issues as wicked problems (or social messes) and our approaches to them as tame solutions which not only don’t “solve” the problem, but actually exacerbate it by hiding the fact that it was wicked to begin with. I’m beginning to write a lot about that…. And if you haven’t seen this op-ed about prejudice, you might want to take a look: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/opinion/13fierstein.html?ex=1177128000&en=f09a9e930c8718a2&ei=5070&emc=eta1

By: Chris Corrigan

Chris Corrigan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:44:57 +0000

This could actually be relevant to the discussion going on elsewhere in the blogosphere over the exclusion portrayed in the book I posted a link to, How To Disappear. At Omidyar and in some email conversations, people have been wondering about the role of exclusion where power is concerned. I would be quite interested to read your take on this CdV, updated or otherwise.

By: CdV

CdV — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:41:46 +0000

I think this is an important topic to stretch out and not get too comfortable with. I was invited a few years ago to speak at a conference on social inclusion. My paper covered the case against inclusion on the grounds that the values and theory of the dominant groups would kill off alternative cultures and continue to oppress. Something like that. Your entry makes me want to revisit this and see if what seemed relevant then would still feel like a necessary position in 2007.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:06:15 +0000

Chris,

Thank you for sharing this on your blog and for your own beautiful comments on inclusion. It does get messy and we do need to grow our comfort level with the messiness because the only path to a shift in how we think, feel, perceive, is through the mess. Kathy