Quick reply: "I don't need you to tell me how to be Black. I've been Black all my life." Wow. I disagreed with Rice on many things of import to me, but that was a fantastic interview. I'm so very glad I took the time to listen to it. I admit I'm biased since she's a musician and especially a classical pianist (yes, it counts even th…
Quick reply: "I don't need you to tell me how to be Black. I've been Black all my life." Wow. I disagreed with Rice on many things of import to me, but that was a fantastic interview. I'm so very glad I took the time to listen to it. I admit I'm biased since she's a musician and especially a classical pianist (yes, it counts even though I'll admit it shouldn't), but I always wanted to hear interviews like this where you take accomplished people who seem like they are swimming upstream in some way and ask them how they arrived at their opinions in a calm fashion that doesn't assume they are speaking in bad faith.
If there's one thing I've realized about politics over the past five or so years it's that you can't assume who is operating in bad faith or good faith based on whether they agree with you or not. Let them speak, and draw your conclusions -- and always be willing to revisit them. I'll probably never agree with Rice on certain things, but those points of disagreement are not the whole story nor should they be.
Quick reply: "I don't need you to tell me how to be Black. I've been Black all my life." Wow. I disagreed with Rice on many things of import to me, but that was a fantastic interview. I'm so very glad I took the time to listen to it. I admit I'm biased since she's a musician and especially a classical pianist (yes, it counts even though I'll admit it shouldn't), but I always wanted to hear interviews like this where you take accomplished people who seem like they are swimming upstream in some way and ask them how they arrived at their opinions in a calm fashion that doesn't assume they are speaking in bad faith.
If there's one thing I've realized about politics over the past five or so years it's that you can't assume who is operating in bad faith or good faith based on whether they agree with you or not. Let them speak, and draw your conclusions -- and always be willing to revisit them. I'll probably never agree with Rice on certain things, but those points of disagreement are not the whole story nor should they be.