From: "Ralph Hajj" <hajjralph-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Discrimination in the Cultural Institutions of Quebec
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 09:09:00 -0500


Dear list members
We are currently fighting to get more representation for visible minorities 
in the cultural institutions of Quebec. The following is the first passage 
of a petition we have put up:

	“Montreal is a multilingual and multiracial society yet members of visible 
minorities and Natives are excluded from the artistic life of this city. 
Publicly funded cultural institutions are the fundamental culprits in this 
exclusion. This is reflected both in their staffing practices and in the 
exclusion of visible minorities from programming, grants and acquisitions.
These institutions hide behind pseudo-universality and supposed aesthetic 
judgements in justifying their choices of artists and staff. However, it is 
surprising that these same universal and aesthetic values result in an 
almost complete exclusion of visible minorities.”

If you agree with our fight, go to the web petition below and sign it.

Ralph Hajj


http://www.petitiononline.com/rrjme321/petition.html




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