From: Wade T. Smith (wade.t.smith@verizon.net)
Date: Sat 10 May 2003 - 21:14:03 GMT
On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Lawrence wrote:
> The effect of the labeling, whatever else, seems to occlude the
> distinctions
> that characterize people from each other. If those distinctions are
> important, label may then make it difficult for people to interact
> effectively with each other.
In a coincidence of email lists, here is quote from an article about
one of my favorite authors, Samuel R. Delany-
“Identity is not an essentialist nugget at the center of things,” he
explains. “It’s a category to put things in. You can’t think without
categories; but you want categories that are complex enough that
whatever is inside them is always questioning its own boundaries.”
- Wade
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