Finally.
An appropriate, politically-correct conversation starter for family holidays.
Instead of starting with a bang and opening the family meal with Rebecca Todd Peter's
Prayer of Confession, we can skip ahead.
Over the turkey, we no longer need provocative stats like, "did you know the average
American cat eats more protein than a child in a third-world country?"
Instead, we can suggest a family road trip to see The Blind Side.
It is a catalyst to future discussions on inequality, personal responsibility, and social justice because this could be
your mom.
1 comment:
this is too funny, because we spent our entire masculinities class discussing this movie and the idea of patriarchy--
ie -- rich white woman comes in and saves poor black kid through football.
I have seen the movie, and was kinda touched-- I'm glad at the end she at least admits that for every one of her stories, there is like 12 other kids who didn't make it out... or get "saved"
however, I do feel like the movie kinda takes the focus off the fact that urban poverty... especially for african americans... is a social issue...
now what that lady did was wonderful and i'm not trying to take away from this "feel good story*" but, fighting this social problem doesn't mean every rich white soccer mom go to the hood and adopt some poor black teenager... it means correcting the systematic oppression of the poor/minorities in this country... (but you can do all the adoption you want until we do fix it...)
so props to this story/movie for potentially mobilizing some people into action... but lets not put a band-aid where we need stitches.
I guess in the end i need to shut up and be thankful... especially on thanks giving... cause if it weren't for some rich old white men wanting to watch american football on saturday afternoons, I wouldn't have gone to college... or at least an "elite liberal arts college"
ces't la vie...
htp.
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