Ginny, Well said. "Refute the untrue things that have been said and leave it at that". There`re some very good literary critics here who can handle this and with concrete facts. No need for retaliation or anger. Just a thought! Regards, Omar. -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]> Til: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Dato: 18. februar 2000 00:04 Emne: Re: Brigit and Joel Samuel Found >Hello, everyone, I'm not sure what others will think of this idea, but I >thought I'd put it out there and see what happens. Maybe it would be a good >idea to take the "No Problem in The Gambia" article and others like it, >point by point, and counter the erroneous claims made in these negative >articles. I'm not sure what good it will do, but I think when claims about >a particular culture or people are made which are untrue, it is a good idea >to try to debunk them, if not for the writers of the articles, at least for >other people who may not really know the truth. And also, for the >self-respect of the people who may be falsely portrayed in such articles. > I can completely empathize with the anger of some of the members of >this list. Having a disability, I come across on a daily basis the >stereotypes and misconceptions of the nondisabled community. And it makes >me sad and angry to see false stereotypes and misconceptions spread around >by people upon other people. However, I don't think retaliation and anger >are the right ways to go. I thinkthe that the best thing to do would be to >refute the untrue things that have been said and leave it at that. That is >all that anyone can do. >Ginny > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Modou Sanyang" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:49 PM >Subject: Re: Brigit and Joel Samuel Found > > >> Prince, >> Rather than a vindictive retaliation (as suggested by both options 1 and >2), >> I support Ginny and others' idea of responding to the article by exposing >> and addressing the fiction and half-truths in the article and by writting >> more about the positive aspects of The Gambia. Surely, members of the L >can, >> individually or collectively debunk the erroneos interpretations of our >> culture contained in that article. >> >> best regards, >> Modou. >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- >> >> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >> Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------