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QUESTIONS TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION
What "humiliation and doubt and fear" and anger do you think Reverend Wright and others of his generation experienced? Why does President Obama think it so important that these feelings be understood by others?
What makes Sunday morning "the most segregated hour in American life"? Read my article on "Mental Baptism" at the John Perkins Center Blog.
What do school busing, affirmative action and fears about crime have to do with white resentments against blacks? According to President Obama, how has this anger been exploited? By whom? Why?
In the book, Breaking Down Walls: A Model for Reconciliation in an Age of Strife, the authors discuss the community poisoning affects that are the result of same race conversations about a persons of a different race.
Have you experienced any of the conversations among people of your own race or ethnicity (black, white, Latino, Asian...) that touched on what President Obama calls "resentments" that "aren't always expressed in polite company?" Do you think people of different backgrounds should be able to discuss these issues with each other? What problems might there be in such a discussion? How might you structure such a discussion to ensure that everyone is heard and respected?
What do you think needs to be done in our schools? In our community? What about SPU, in particular?
Questions developed from Alan Shapiro's Teachable Moments site
