tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post3694049063532564500..comments2023-03-21T15:12:15.873-05:00Comments on Common Sense: Barack Obama, BabyCee Bee Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931955576290311262noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post-61204170435877988152008-07-24T14:01:00.000-05:002008-07-24T14:01:00.000-05:00People say and do really stupid things. It's huma...People say and do really stupid things. <BR/><BR/>It's human nature. One of the craziest things about human nature is how we create teams, dichotomies, us-and-them zero-sum scenarios. For lack of a better way of expressing how I feel about it, it drives me bananas.<BR/><BR/>Yes, we (humans) start with the easy targets, such as men v. women, whites v. blacks, straights v. gays, Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10683486811625626345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post-2453681661063468832008-07-22T18:15:00.000-05:002008-07-22T18:15:00.000-05:00Great subject. I hate having a subject, any subjec...Great subject. <BR/><BR/>I hate having a subject, any subject, I can't talk about with friends or family. When it's something as broad as religion or politics, it's really hard to avoid sometimes. As a writer, I want to know what people who aren't like me think about things, and why, what their thought process is, et cetera. <BR/><BR/>Of course, there are exceptions. Last Thanksgiving, we went toTeddershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307293484949481145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post-27565823306023470012008-07-22T12:25:00.000-05:002008-07-22T12:25:00.000-05:00As a white I have spent a whole bunch of years wor...As a white I have spent a whole bunch of years working and doing business in Harlem. At one time we were taking care of problems on the outside of the building owned by the National Urban League in Manhattan (it was near the Queensboro Bridge). They told me a primary reason they worked with us was that we employed an African American workforce. Bad things happening to friends and their families IAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887517793752604788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post-35910681936274942992008-07-22T08:15:00.000-05:002008-07-22T08:15:00.000-05:00Wow, you're a good writer! I'm so proud of you fo...Wow, you're a good writer! I'm so proud of you for being who you are and for your amazing ability to state so well what I have been feeling.<BR/>I'll add a few thoughts of my own.<BR/>I've felt what it's like to be part of a minority, having attended South Shore High School in the mid-60's, a Catholic in a then predominantly Jewish school. I remember how uncomfortable it was to be different, andArlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743103851163271784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post-19304921650272936282008-07-21T13:00:00.000-05:002008-07-21T13:00:00.000-05:00Thanks, MAS. I was more than a little leery about...Thanks, MAS. I was more than a little leery about posting this, simply because my vantage point is probably going to be very unpopular with a whole lot of people. But whatever. It's what I think, no?<BR/><BR/>--C.Cee Bee Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931955576290311262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283369452597232856.post-25815760788097536132008-07-21T09:13:00.000-05:002008-07-21T09:13:00.000-05:00good for you for tackling this. I love that you ar...good for you for tackling this. I love that you are speaking from, shall we say, ground zero. your vantage point is fascinating. thanks, c.Maryanne Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461617567840191096noreply@blogger.com