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The Real Folk Blues part 3
Aug. 12th, 2004 05:52 pmBefore I start what will hopefully be the last entry about DC let me just say I LOVE ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
silent_t. If I were to compose a list of the twenty people I love most on the planet she would definitely be in the top five.
And I had an awesome conversation today with Dean, one of our summer aids. Dean is half jamaican, half black, and grew up in Queens. The two of us had a great talk about race relations. It was so refreshing. There are so few people I can talk to about that. He was highly impressed at hearing about my virtual black studies minor. I think he found it surprising that a little white girl would take the time to educate herself about black history and race relations in the U.S. But it was so cool. He understands about racism in America which is more than I can say for most of my white friends. We talked about how retarded it is that there are people who think racism is a thing of the past, we talked about the influence of black culture on American culture as a whole, we talked about the gentrification of Harlem, and the hazards of being of mixed heritage. It was just like the old days when Phillip and I would discuss everything from race to religion to art. Maybe Dean can be my new Phillip.
Now that I've gotten that out of my system allow me to conclude my synopsis:
( Bad dog, no biscuit. )
Okay so I guess this ISN'T the final DC entry. Oy vey, one more full day to go.
Now taking suggestions on what to title the next LJ cut.
silent_t. If I were to compose a list of the twenty people I love most on the planet she would definitely be in the top five. And I had an awesome conversation today with Dean, one of our summer aids. Dean is half jamaican, half black, and grew up in Queens. The two of us had a great talk about race relations. It was so refreshing. There are so few people I can talk to about that. He was highly impressed at hearing about my virtual black studies minor. I think he found it surprising that a little white girl would take the time to educate herself about black history and race relations in the U.S. But it was so cool. He understands about racism in America which is more than I can say for most of my white friends. We talked about how retarded it is that there are people who think racism is a thing of the past, we talked about the influence of black culture on American culture as a whole, we talked about the gentrification of Harlem, and the hazards of being of mixed heritage. It was just like the old days when Phillip and I would discuss everything from race to religion to art. Maybe Dean can be my new Phillip.
Now that I've gotten that out of my system allow me to conclude my synopsis:
( Bad dog, no biscuit. )
Okay so I guess this ISN'T the final DC entry. Oy vey, one more full day to go.
Now taking suggestions on what to title the next LJ cut.
