Besides the Western bias and ecocomic class bias (middle class and rich) of this rendering of "history", today's listing also reveals a strong bias against women. There is only one mention of a woman (and that too for adultery!). Does one think that 50% of the world's population (women) have not contributed positively or in greater numbers than this list suggests.
"History" (read his-story as regards today's list) is presented as facts. It is not value-neutral. Gullible people swallow easily. By repeating this kind of "history" one is perpetuating the usual prejudices I listed above. I have even seen so called general-knowledge and IQ tests based on this info., often marginalizing people of color and women in the process. Deconstruction allows the traditional prejudices of the past (which favor the west and men, mostly white men) to be evaluated more accurately. Some people call this revising history (usually men and defenders of colonialism and racism) and treat any revision in a degrogatory manner. To them, I have one suggestion: this list serves as good wallpaper, preferably in a toilet and this worthless nugget "In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne" as toilet-paper. George --- Lawrence Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today is Thursday, May 29, the 149th day of 2003 with 216 to follow. > > On this day, May 29, in history: > > In 1453, Constantinople (now Istanbul), capital of the Byzantine Empire, > was captured by the Turks. > In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne. > In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify > the U.S. Constitution. > In 1848, following approval by __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
