Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Only a Fool Would Say That
"It's such a tragedy. And you know what no one's talking about?"
"What's that?"
"How all the victims are poor, black people."
"Mm. I think 'survivor' is more accurate."
"Whatever. The point is, no one seems to care that they're all poor and black. There is such a racial divide in this country. If any silver lining can be found to all this, it's that maybe, just maybe, the country can be made aware of how different our lives are. How divided we are by race."
"I guess OJ didn't bring that to light ten years ago, huh?"
"Well . . . it should have."
"So maybe all we need is a few more murders and disasters, and that'll bring everyone together."
"No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that something needs to be done about it."
"Yeah, let's start a new government program to fix it. Good ol' remedy."
"We need something."
"After all, the government's sure proven itself lately, hasn't it? So understanding, so prepared, so efficient. Only a government program could lead us to the promised land of racial diver--"
"Oh, shut up, Will! You don't understand anything!"
"What's that?"
"How all the victims are poor, black people."
"Mm. I think 'survivor' is more accurate."
"Whatever. The point is, no one seems to care that they're all poor and black. There is such a racial divide in this country. If any silver lining can be found to all this, it's that maybe, just maybe, the country can be made aware of how different our lives are. How divided we are by race."
"I guess OJ didn't bring that to light ten years ago, huh?"
"Well . . . it should have."
"So maybe all we need is a few more murders and disasters, and that'll bring everyone together."
"No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that something needs to be done about it."
"Yeah, let's start a new government program to fix it. Good ol' remedy."
"We need something."
"After all, the government's sure proven itself lately, hasn't it? So understanding, so prepared, so efficient. Only a government program could lead us to the promised land of racial diver--"
"Oh, shut up, Will! You don't understand anything!"
