I liked this article because it shows both races assumptions about one another and proves the bad assumptions wrong. One of the parts that I found most interesting was when McCall says "The notion that one of them cared, really cared, about what I thought moved me. Danny was the first white person I met whome I actually saw trying to understand." I found this very interesting because I thought it was kind of weird that this is the first person he met that actually cared. I almost find it kind of hard to believe that there has been no one else that he has met that has cared and has tried to understand. I think this kind of shows both sides of stereotypes and assumptions. Like in our previous article whites have the stereotype of blacks being angry and to have random outbursts of anger. I believe that this article shows the stereotype that blacks have on whites through the statement listed above. Because McCall said this was the first white person that he had met, leads me to believe that he wasn't close enough to any white person before Danny to actually talk to them about this topic. Sure it might have actually been the first but I believe that because McCall kind of pushed himself away from getting close to white people.
I believe this article shows that we should put ourselves out there and ask those random and hard to ask questions to our friends of different races. Sure it's probably going to be hard to just bring it up out of the blue but if we ask these kind of questions we can learn a lot more about each other and understand each other better. In the end it should make everyone understand each other better and strengthen our relationships with future friends.
1. Do you believe that it might have been partially McCall's fault that Danny was the first person that he met that actually cared?
2. After reading this article will you ask these kind of curious questions to your friends of a different race? or do you think it would hurt your friendship?
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