tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post4006307789359887865..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: Jeff Chang on the Resegregation of AmericaAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-18786070880420765322016-11-23T22:33:52.191-06:002016-11-23T22:33:52.191-06:00Both books by Jeff Chang sound really good. Thanks...Both books by Jeff Chang sound really good. Thanks for your review and for the links at the end, which I'll have to check out.Christy (A Good Stopping Point)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07197508098706711940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-22966110877567624692016-11-22T16:47:21.403-06:002016-11-22T16:47:21.403-06:00*hug* You are wonderful, Aarti.
The point about s...*hug* You are wonderful, Aarti.<br /><br />The point about self-segregation by white folks just maddens me. I have seen this in action MY WHOLE LIFE, every single place I've ever lived, but yet somehow after this election people are complaining that the real problem is "identity politics," by which of course they mean "being forced to notice that people who are not like us exist in this world." I absolutely cannot with it.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-32616718961727279382016-11-20T17:24:02.100-06:002016-11-20T17:24:02.100-06:00I was scrolling through twitter a few days ago and...I was scrolling through twitter a few days ago and saw a call to "read the book that's not for you." It suggested BETWEEN THE WORLD & ME and STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND as the two options. Reading your review here, I thought that this book would likely work for that effort, too (and though I have thoughts about books being for some people and not others, it was attention-catching/effective). <br /><br />Also, YES to Jeanne's comment, as someone who lived that self-segregated upbringing down to the exact details. Thank goodness for grad school.Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-10057288783954236702016-11-17T09:04:19.140-06:002016-11-17T09:04:19.140-06:00Thank you so much for sharing, Jeanne! I agree - ...Thank you so much for sharing, Jeanne! I agree - a lot of it is self-segregation, so it is difficult to feel sorry for them. But I am trying...Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-27178853628623040202016-11-16T07:44:06.636-06:002016-11-16T07:44:06.636-06:00I was talking to a friend of mine who grew up in t...I was talking to a friend of mine who grew up in the rural area where I'm living, and she made some good points about how the "white working class" has isolated themselves here, saying that "they've undermined public education by homeschooling or sending their children to charter schools and then on to private Christian universities. They infiltrate public college campuses where they recruit young adults into the ministry instead of helping them pursue excellence in their undergrad programs. They gather in churches where there is no open dialogue. They've even built their own Creation Museum to further validate their worldview! They read one book or books about that book. They take immense pride in being "fools for Christ" and "in this world but not of it." These are the same people who, when I was growing up in the 70s, used to send buses out into the neighborhoods to bring small children in for Sunday school or children's church or Vacation Bible School. Probably still do for VBS. They understand all too well the power of proximity. It's their divine mandate.They make use of it while guarding their own against its use by others. They know the only way to make change is to capture the hearts and minds of the very young."<br />So she says the only way she knows to fight back is to work with their children.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975028272143207826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-37429141553428041512016-11-15T14:11:22.934-06:002016-11-15T14:11:22.934-06:00This book sounds amazing. I'm going to look f...This book sounds amazing. I'm going to look for it.<br /><br />BTW, glad to see you back!Heatherhttp://www.spiritblog.netnoreply@blogger.com