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...tension begins to build at the end, the surprises that ensue seem to be almost gratuitous, for, by that point, the plot is so fatigued that even the jolt of energy cannot save it. One would think that as a journalist, an observer, Ignatius would have come to understand his fellow human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. Ignatius gives us caricatures, not characters. Alice, the supposedly enlightened American liberal who is truly not enlightened at all, is almost unreadable. “He’s kind of quiet, but really sweet,” she says...
...responded with an emphatic “NO!” He then proceeded to ask me how it felt to be the only black person in a classroom sometimes. From there, our conversation turned into a series of questions, back and forth, as we tried to understand one another’s lives...
...blunt and get straight to the point, as long as it’s clear that we are genuinely trying to understand each other’s experiences, not merely putting the other person in a box. This type of understanding atmosphere can effectively counteract the stifling effects of political correctness...
...cannot run from these issues. We have to confront them head on. It’s okay for a white person to bring up issues such as the aforementioned ones, but they should be willing to understand the entire question, and examine why these issues arise in the first place...
Similarly, it is extremely useful for a black person to try to understand the problems and struggles that may exist in the lives of white people. While white people should not get defensive about race to the point that they dismiss and overlook the racial inequalities that exist in our society, black people cannot write off the dilemmas that white people face in their lives as well. There are many white people who suffer from the ills of poverty and discrimination, and these issues must be confronted as well...