Re: SLA-SF: Re: diversity award

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From: Rita Evans (revans@library.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 10:31:06 PST 

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:31:06 -0800
From: Rita Evans <revans@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: SLA-SF: Re: diversity award

Eris,

Gooooood questions! One group that I'm sure is not under-represented are
straight white women in their 40s and 50s...

All too typical of SLA to send out a call for nominations, and not to
define who's eligible.

Rita

At 10:16 AM 11/19/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >>> Applicants must be a member of a population group that is under
> >>> represented in SLA.
>
>And how do we find out what groups these might be? Is there demographic
>data of the membership listed somewhere I haven't found? Does
>under-represented mean there are fewer members of this group in SLA than
>there are in the profession as a whole, or fewer members of this group in
>the profession compared to their proportion of the total population? Are
>loud-mouthed white trash lesbians under-represented??? >:-)
>
>Eris, who is feeling ornery this morning and hopes no one takes her TOO
>seriously
>
>
>
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