Nicely and eloquently said.

All best,
Kevin

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:57:36 -0400
>From: James Brothers <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: SOLs and History  
>To: [log in to unmask]

>Unfortunately to compensate for excluding people in the past we are  
>now including relatively unimportant people primarily because of the  
>color of their skin or their sex. And because of limited teaching  
>time excluding other more important people. While I think excluding  
>someone as a result of them not being White and/or male is wrong,  
>neither is it correct to include them primarily because they are  
>not.  It is demeaning, racist and/or sexist. There are lots of  
>Americans of all sexes and ethnic background worthy of study. I would  
>rather be ignored than included as someone's token anything.
Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
Department of History
James Madison University