tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post8487752264535309178..comments2024-01-04T09:23:45.843-05:00Comments on Watching the Lights Go Out: Racism in My Community?David Hilfiker http://www.blogger.com/profile/00479949692410414480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post-68830215628298689062014-07-20T04:47:25.524-04:002014-07-20T04:47:25.524-04:00Thank you for a beautiful explanation of a sensiti...Thank you for a beautiful explanation of a sensitive topic. I will save your teaching from the Eight Day website to use as a resource!Kara Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05175074788299052518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post-34378059804895801602014-07-17T18:14:44.012-04:002014-07-17T18:14:44.012-04:00Thanks, Rose. I agree with you about us white fol...Thanks, Rose. I agree with you about us white folks having any idea what black folks go through. I've been in inner-city Washington for over thirty years, working (first as a doctor, then in other roles) with impoverished African Americans. Having listened to hundreds of stories, I have some intellectual knowledge of what black folk go through, but in no way do I have any real idea of their experience; I don't think I can.David Hilfiker https://www.blogger.com/profile/00479949692410414480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post-25144976511853011562014-07-14T22:14:47.794-04:002014-07-14T22:14:47.794-04:00It's always 'heartwarming' when someon...It's always 'heartwarming' when someone takes a complex topic and is able to cut through it to essentials as your presentation has done. Two of the most frustrating statements I hear are "But I'm not a racist"--unfortunately not being aware of 'white privileges'; and "Slavery has been over for a long time." By your emphasizing "... like all white institutions in the United States, racism permeates our structures while our unconscious prejudices make change difficult" " you help to call attention to all of us about our 'own' thinking and context within which we are doing it. Wonderful. Hope it gets published somewhere else as well! Peace, SodiumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post-32555785145453576302014-07-10T10:45:01.166-04:002014-07-10T10:45:01.166-04:00David,
You might be interested in the book I wrot...David, <br />You might be interested in the book I wrote 'Is Life One Big Goodbye' Homeless Woman's survival story. I was in a Homeless Shelter owned and run by 'whites'. At times me being the only white person among 80 plus women and children residents. <br />After your post, I thought of my eight months in the shelter and what I learned. Notice, I use the word learned.<br />My feeling is so many white folks don't have any idea what black folks go through, unless they live with them. <br />Just a thought. <br />Hope you're doing well with Alzheimer's/Dementia or maybe non of it.<br />my best,<br />Rose Lamatt <br />Rose Lamatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372195282368384168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post-19183335369089619712014-07-09T20:43:34.250-04:002014-07-09T20:43:34.250-04:00I grew up next to Ft. Carson, Colorado. My friend...I grew up next to Ft. Carson, Colorado. My friends were half black and half Korean, half Japanese and half Mexican, african american and German, Chinese and Hawaiian. All kinds of mixtures, great food and wonderful people. So I have never really understood people and racism. One time I read that there is a huge amount of genetic material to make the difference between blue eyed and brown eyed. But skin color is covered by a single gene for melanin. I am more similar to an african american girl with brown eyes than I am a caucasian with blue eyes. <br /><br />I think doctors (and this is a good thing) spend so much time on details, knowledge, and liability that they become really structured in their job. As time being retired goes by, I think most people begin to relax and enjoy their retirement finally. My favorite doctor, a GP for many years retired to Aspen, Colorado. He's an ER doc two days a week and he skis the rest of the time. He puts his doctor hat on twice a week. The rest of the time he relaxes, skis, travels and enjoys his time off. Doctors get onto the medical escalator and they don't get off of it very well. Now that you are retired, you are able to relax a bit more. I think its great. We should enjoy our life. I remember a hospice patient telling me "I had to find out I was dying before I could truly live." After my embolism last fall, I have enjoyed sunsets, sunrises, relaxing on the patio, treasuring a lot of things I used to take for granted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560132598266108913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426202096598051070.post-51872081235510533202014-07-09T17:49:07.811-04:002014-07-09T17:49:07.811-04:00I was raised to play with both black and white chi...I was raised to play with both black and white children in a time and place where that was not usual. Yet I notice when one of each decides to become a couple. Thank you for including the link to your teaching thus helping me understand myself better.Linda Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734450335251336493noreply@blogger.com