Comments on: Oh, my. There sure are a lot of white people in here. https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: TStevens https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-120559 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:08:15 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/#comment-120559 I figured

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-120553 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:53:01 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/#comment-120553 Sorry, I still don’t get it.

]]> By: TStevens https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-120551 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/#comment-120551 It was mentioning Texas

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-120539 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:29:23 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/#comment-120539 I’m not sure I understand. What was the faux pas? Was it the use of the term ‘black’, or was it his admission of not knowing many black people?

]]> By: TStevens https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/comment-page-1/#comment-120536 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:11:41 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/03/04/oh-my-there-sure-are-a-lot-of-white-people-in-here/#comment-120536 t. Then again if none of that was unexpected (like all women at a women’s health forum) it wouldn’t jump out to me. So I would guess your classmate was more interested in sounding politically correct to his peers rather than being honest. That is also pretty common. But just maybe his life prior to that day it would have been extremely unusual to walk into a room full of white people (but I doubt it).</p> <p>But this post caught my eye for a different reason. I live in very white southern Minnesota, and we have a very small EQ (usually 5 of us). Two Sundays ago we had a lot of guest and investigators so our numbers swelled to 16. I was leading the meeting and after I went through announcements I asked one of our regulars about his son who just entered the mission field that week (had left the MTC). He started talking about his experiences in Texas when he made the following comment. “He said he was in a massive apartment complex and that he had never seen as many black people his entire life.” Sitting right next to this guy was a investigator – a very black investigator from Africa. I guess he had walked into the room and never even noticed. Awkward silences aside, I sure his son’s comment was correct – he probably hasn’t ever seen that many black people before.</p> ]]> The world is so full of random information your mind in order to function must eliminate most of it. So the typical person will only “notice” things that are unique, out of place, or unexpected; otherwise it all goes down the drain. So being a white male of forty I would notice straight away if I walked into a room where everyone is a different colour, or they were all women, or if everyone was wearing formal black tie and I wasn’t. Then again if none of that was unexpected (like all women at a women’s health forum) it wouldn’t jump out to me. So I would guess your classmate was more interested in sounding politically correct to his peers rather than being honest. That is also pretty common. But just maybe his life prior to that day it would have been extremely unusual to walk into a room full of white people (but I doubt it).

But this post caught my eye for a different reason. I live in very white southern Minnesota, and we have a very small EQ (usually 5 of us). Two Sundays ago we had a lot of guest and investigators so our numbers swelled to 16. I was leading the meeting and after I went through announcements I asked one of our regulars about his son who just entered the mission field that week (had left the MTC). He started talking about his experiences in Texas when he made the following comment. “He said he was in a massive apartment complex and that he had never seen as many black people his entire life.” Sitting right next to this guy was a investigator – a very black investigator from Africa. I guess he had walked into the room and never even noticed. Awkward silences aside, I sure his son’s comment was correct – he probably hasn’t ever seen that many black people before.

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