Re: "common stock of knowledge"
Richard Clark Eckert (rceckert@umich.edu)
Wed, 31 Jan 1996 15:59:46 -0500 (EST)
I was reading Louisa Meyer's comments about the perceptions of green.
If I read and internalize that posting "correctly" I am immediately
confronted with the problem of minorities who must not only
survive in their own culture but also in that of the
Euroamerican. Minority individuals might see two different greens. I
would presume that one would stil have to be interpreted before the
other, but it still adds up to two. It is my understanding
that Mead thought that those who would see two different greens are
disturbed. For this to occur, it would also seem that there would have
to be more than one "me" and one "I" in interplay. If the
Me (sub a) got into some mis-matched interaction with I (sub b) I might
be able to see some confusion, but I don't know about distrubed. Anyone
aware of any SI studies which take into account the "double
consicousness" of minorities, please provide me some citations.
Thanks!
Richard E. Eckert
Sociology Grad Student
University of Michigan