tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post7884912344774942214..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: Shorter Falafel BoyHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-55889755629436945922007-09-25T06:12:00.000-07:002007-09-25T06:12:00.000-07:00Lo siento, Bill, that you're dumber than a box of ...Lo siento, Bill, that you're dumber than a box of doorknobs, but I had much the same experience the first time I went to a Mexican restaurant in the U.S. All the staff and customers were Chicanos yet none wore wife beaters or zoot suits; not a switchblade to be seen. And everyone spoke English, and better than Preznit Privilege, too. The difference between us is - I was twelve.cavjamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08432022308089888205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-86405734744624603052007-09-22T23:42:00.000-07:002007-09-22T23:42:00.000-07:00I've lived in almost every part of this country an...I've lived in almost every part of this country and even though raised a "Yankee" (that's what my middle school mates called me) had a chance to experience the South when there were "white only" drinking fountains in most public buildings. Falafel exhibits what I found to be prevalent in those years of my childhood: some people are so ignorant and bereft of any kind of empathy for others that they consider this, the realization that people different from them are indeed human and we are linked by a common humanity, to be a great and startling revelation. <BR/><BR/>In his magnanimous gesture informing us of the humanity of those darkies dwelling in the darkness- those places we dare not venture-he reveals himself to be the boor and ignoramous that he is. This is what happens when we allow the ignorant to define the discourse.<BR/><BR/>My only question is: how was the fried chicken and collard greens?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com