Impolite Conversations: On Race, Politics, Sex, Money, and Religion
The works on race were perhaps the most interesting to me and they do challenge stereotypical and lazy thinking which I fear I may fall into at times and which attitudes it is important to become aware of. It put s me in mind to read other examples of both authors work to understand how they will develop their thoughts more completely.
Each article is relatively short and well written and this is a book I both enjoyed and made me think which is really what a good book is about. I am not typically a huge fan of a collection of essays, but this one works well. Nov 28, Cyndie rated it really liked it Shelves: As promised, will get your mental juices flowing.
There were some big topics here they were definitely not afraid to shy away from, especially concerning matters of race, religion, and the intersection between the two which given the recent events in Charleston were even more thought provoking. I did anticipate a wider division of opinion between the two authors, more competing points of view, but I think this was more realistic.
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In real conversations we don't just have diametrically opposed poi As promised, will get your mental juices flowing. In real conversations we don't just have diametrically opposed points of view, our points of view are just different, but that can still be controversial. These authors know each other personally and what they talked about was affected by what they knew of each other's families. Overall I thought it reflected some of the ways that we should talk about impolite things in our own lives. I did not expect this book to be so heavily focused on race.
I was glad in some ways that it was because there were definitely things I learned about that I had never heard of paper bag test? That being said, I'd like to see perhaps another group write another book like this being as real and personal about other controversial issues - perhaps talking even more about religion, sex, money, etc. Jul 07, Kinyorda Sliwiak rated it liked it. Not exactly earth shattering.
Maybe in their circles these are impolite conversations but nothing new for the average under 40 person. Some good points in a few of the essays but the authors struggled to focus.
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Some of the issues they address include: Why it is that we only tend to talk about race with people who look like us. Was the election of Barack Obama a bad thing for Black America?
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Does Obama makes whites whiter? Why are we afraid to raise daughters who enjoy sex? Does gay imagery have a lasting impact on the psyche of young black boys; and are certain racial and ethnic groups more conservative that others when it comes to homosexuality?