[Magdalen] Two books

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Yes, any mention of white privilege is asking for trouble.  I've been
amazed (and very depressed) by the refusal of otherwise erudite persons to
recognize that any problem exists. The editor of our local newspaper wrote
recently that black lives matter is just a political scam, and the
shootings of blacks by police were not a matter of concern.

That is actually the majority view, you know.  Hence my depression. One
gets some idea how some of the ancient prophets must have felt.  (1 Ki 19)

Well, they haven't started trying to kill us yet, but give them time....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> James, I'm just starting "White Trash," so I can't give a report yet, but
> I think it's very important for all of us, especially those of us who
> benefit from White Privilege, to learn all we can about the realities of
> present-day life in America as well as our history. I've worked with issues
> of racial reconciliation for more than 30 years, I've taught in
> majority-Black schools, and I've pastored in an area where folks fitting
> this book's "White Trash" definition were a majority. (And yes, I hate that
> label also. There's another one that I heard in the mountains that was used
> to describe an even "lower" class, and that was "Trailer Trash."
>
> Even among well-educated White folks there is tremendous resistance to
> learning about some of this reality, especially when it comes to race.
>
> And folks especially don't want to hear that we are no longer a majority
> White, Christian nation.
>
> Anyway, I'll give a book report when I'm finished!
>
> > On Sep 23, 2016, at 8:32 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > These sound very interesting and very depressing. Someone give us a
> report
> > after finishing one or the other?
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I just picked up two books I had reserved at our local library; I think
> I
> >> will be deeply immersed for the next few days.  One is "The End of
> White,
> >> Christian America" by Robert P. Jones. The other is "White Trash: the
> >> 400~Year Untold History of Class in America," by Nancy Isenberg. The
> size
> >> of latter was rather daunting until I saw that there are over 100 pages
> of
> >> notes.
> >>
> >> Both of these have been highly recommended, along with another whose
> name I
> >> can't remember at the moment.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Grace Cangialosi
> >> Ruckersville, VA
> >>
> >> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with
> great
> >> love."*
> >> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
> >>
>