Where to Now?

Bill,I just watched the movie "Crash." For anyone who hasn't seen this movie, it is about how the lives of some ordinary people "Crash" into each other while just going about their daily lives. The people crashing into each other are of many diverse ethnic backgrounds.As I sat there watching this movie, my first reaction was that the story was way over the top. People, even people living in dense urban areas, just don't interact with each other the way these characters were interacting. I mean, I've lived on this earth for over 40 years and I've never witnessed anything like what I was seeing in the moving.But then, while I sat there on my couch in my mostly White Suburbia neighborhood, I had a new thought. That thought was that maybe the director was trying to tell us something. I thought that maybe we don't generally act out violently against people of other races, but maybe we do internally.So I asked myself if I've ever felt uncomfortable when walking down a street and seeing two black youths coming toward me. The answer is yes. And have I ever looked suspiciously at muslims waiting to board the same airplane as I am. Again, yes. Then the movie Crash took on a deeper meaning for me. I thought about Katarina and how it seems we all become more violent during times of crisis. Does this mean that in times of crisis we let out all those dark thoughts we keep hidden inside ourselves? Unfortunately, I think the answer is - or can be for some people - yes.Bill, I think what you are doing is right on. Until the consciousness of all of us changes, the world will not live compatibly. Your blog site may be a small pebble in a vast ocean making almost imperceptible ripples, but someday those ripples may grow into waves.Thank you Bill. --Posted by Anonymous to Where to Now? at 12/17/2006 10:38:26 AM