Comments on: When Being The Same Is Different http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/12/when-being-the-same-is-different/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:18:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: wordgirl http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/12/when-being-the-same-is-different/#comment-7919 wordgirl Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:32:50 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/12/when-being-the-same-is-different/#comment-7919 Jessica's right about human nature and what we find comfortable. That said, I do enjoy living around people who are different as well. It's too easy to view a homogeneous neighborhood as a slice of reality, when it really isn't. In my school growing up I was only aware of one Jewish family and my parents weren't friends with anyone who wasn't Baptist or...maybe Methodist. It wasn't a very enlightened way to grown up. The city where I live now has a very old and proud Jewish community and we count some of them among our good friends and neighbors. I feel lucky. And yes...many of them are white, but some aren't. Jessica’s right about human nature and what we find comfortable. That said, I do enjoy living around people who are different as well. It’s too easy to view a homogeneous neighborhood as a slice of reality, when it really isn’t. In my school growing up I was only aware of one Jewish family and my parents weren’t friends with anyone who wasn’t Baptist or…maybe Methodist. It wasn’t a very enlightened way to grown up. The city where I live now has a very old and proud Jewish community and we count some of them among our good friends and neighbors. I feel lucky. And yes…many of them are white, but some aren’t.

]]> By: Jessica Carlson http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/12/when-being-the-same-is-different/#comment-7785 Jessica Carlson Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:05:15 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2006/11/12/when-being-the-same-is-different/#comment-7785 I think it's human nature to want to be amongst people like yourself. I don't think it's a deep rooted bigotry or racism that drives it, but a biological one in general. I actually loved living in the city because it was so diverse. I feel I blend in more in a diverse atmosphere and I miss being down there. It's so white and homogenized and Catholic where I live and I admit, sometimes I feel out of my comfort zone because I can't just blend in. People are very cliquish in the 'burbs. I think it’s human nature to want to be amongst people like yourself. I don’t think it’s a deep rooted bigotry or racism that drives it, but a biological one in general.

I actually loved living in the city because it was so diverse. I feel I blend in more in a diverse atmosphere and I miss being down there. It’s so white and homogenized and Catholic where I live and I admit, sometimes I feel out of my comfort zone because I can’t just blend in. People are very cliquish in the ‘burbs.

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