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The way that you state it, Matt, is a perfect way of addressing it as a conversation on this platform rather than an attack or an argument. You picked out the exact phrasing that I think is what prompted the initial outburst. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of mweston dowagiacdl.org via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] New equity and social justice principle added to ALA Code of Ethics</font>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">I'd like to support Karyn Ruley's concerns about ALA's most recent addition to their Code of Ethics. Reading through the first eight principles, and into the first sentence of the ninth,
there is a sense of the universal and of the common humanity we share with ourselves and our patrons. "...all library users", "...each library user's rights", and
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">"...the inherent dignity and rights of every person", changes dramatically
in tone with "dismantle systemic and individual biases" and "advance racial and social justice".</span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; text-align:left; background-color:rgb(254,254,254); display:inline!important"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Absolutely this is worthy of discussion, and this is the place for it.</span></span></div>
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