[Durham INC] A perfect storm, Carl Kenney

[Carl Kenney]

I'm in process of setting a time and date for a community discussion on race with Tim Tyson.  This talk will be a book study of Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well. I will have details by the end of the day. It will be held at the Center for Documentary Studies.

> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 09:52:34 -0400
> From: willwilsn at gmail.com
> To: revcwkii at hotmail.com
> CC: christinebbd at yahoo.com; joymicklewalker at gmail.com; inc-list at rtpnet.org; inc-list at durhaminc.org
> Subject: Re: [Durham INC] A perfect storm, Carl Kenney
> 
> We (Durham) should take the lead for NC and start a dialogue on race. 
> INC could be the perfect convener. Do it.
> 
> As a writer I understand and struggle with these steps: My thoughts, my 
> translation of those thoughts into words, editing those words down into 
> a few hundred words, the reader reading those words, the reader then 
> making conclusions about my initial thoughts. The same goes for words. 
> It is a far from perfect process.
> 
> Both writers and readers have to cut some slack on misinterpretions. If 
> thoughts are consistently misinterpreted, change your words. If someone 
> says "that's not what I meant", ask for brand new words, and don't 
> immediately assume ill intentions. Again, appropriate exceptions for 
> Grand Wizards and the like.
> 
> This issue is too important and too loaded for misinterpretation and 
> suspicions.
> 
> IMHO,
> Will
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/4/2012 9:35 AM, Carl Kenney wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > To all,
> >
> > Before I respond to Christine let me set the record straight.  I am
> > not an angry black man.  I’m not blaming “the white man” for keeping
> > me down.  My intent is not to fight for the continuation of the type
> > of rhetoric that keeps people fragmented due to some past evil.  I
> > regard myself an advocate for peace and understanding.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have used my own grapples as an illustration regarding the ways
> > race and racism pops up in our fine city. I have offered a
> > perspective.  My hope has been to generate a deeper conversation
> > involving the covert nature of racism.  My point has been simple. If
> > a man like me has a hard time making those ends meets, what about
> > those with less to bring to the table.
> >
> >
> >
> > These conversations began after a blogpost.  For those who don’t
> > know, I began writing columns for the Herald-Sun in 1997. Since then
> > I have dedicated my life and work to helping people see beyond their
> > assumptions.  That process has offered me the benefit of opening my
> > own eyes to the malice immersed in my assumptions.  I have grown.  My
> > prayer is that others have down the same.
> >
> >
> >
> > My journey has been an amazing one.  The man I have become is one
> > that I love more than the one who began writing back in 1997. I see
> > the world different because I have taken time to listen.  I’m a
> > better Christian now.  I have traveled around the world to discover
> > the rich diversity of faith. I have embraced people who don’t look or
> > think like me, and, as a result, admitted that my world view was too
> > small.  My journey has become a quest for understanding beyond my on
> > enculturation.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am incredibly comfortable in my skin.  I love it while refusing to
> > worship it.  So, with that being said, let me talk to Christine.
> >
> >
> -- 
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