tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post5241236938869932652..comments2008-06-09T21:45:58.659-06:00RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514strangeculture@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-79827584657405751912008-06-09T21:45:58.659-06:002008-06-09T21:45:58.659-06:00This film is a very valuable tool for the study of diversity and cultural issues. What a great way to look at the culture of the United States, through the eyes of a Sudanese refugee.WKBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-13716124432080224082008-05-10T16:52:52.839-06:002008-05-10T16:52:52.839-06:00I appreciate your post:) This film should be part of school curriculum. I saw the film and John Dau at church--but everybody doesn't go there and ome to think about it, everybody doesn't go to school either. I think we should broadcast this on every channel--like those govt. interruptions...but then everyone doesn't have televis--wait, yes they do. I don't. But I'm blessed:)<BR/> Will blog about this film in the future.A VIRGIN IS COMINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383060354753405596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-59411444850170916942008-04-06T20:00:48.419-06:002008-04-06T20:00:48.419-06:00great post, rc.<BR/><BR/>there's a lot to be said for this social disconnect in the US and for the way we alienate those who are not only different from us, but are not familiar to us - or rather familial to us.jasdyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492591447246532970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-63925847322206803482008-04-05T09:50:25.028-06:002008-04-05T09:50:25.028-06:00It is like that up here - hell, I'm like that. Some guy started talking to me and I was looking for the angle, waiting for the hit-up. There was none, he just wanted to talk to someone. <BR/>People around us were uncomfortable - Two strangers talking? Are they going to try talking to me? - There were a couple of cold stares in my direction like I had broken some unspoken social more.<BR/>I am 37 and single. Probably will be single for the rest of my life. My friends have or are starting families. We are growing apart. Family is drifting and my parents won't be around forever. Am I going to end up some sad, lonely old man trying to talk to people at the bus stop?Magnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741378159534413277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-63286929956726697802008-04-05T00:02:22.651-06:002008-04-05T00:02:22.651-06:00Well, I don't think it has always been this way. There was a time when people in the States were a lot friendlier than they once were. It was back in the day when my father would actually pick up hitchhikers and when we would actually give food and water to people who came to the house. Sadly, it seems those days are long gone.Mercuriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-52379425491900806322008-04-04T11:14:15.966-06:002008-04-04T11:14:15.966-06:00I currently have been starving for actual human contact. It's virtually impossible, I'm finding, to get my neighbors to even smile at me, much less to talk to me. I can't meet people since my move, short of the people I've met at church. Everyone else looks at me like I have devil horns growing out of my head if I try to strike up a conversation. It's like a fear of strangers has made people act like they are only safe if they are completely coccooned. Let me tell you, there's no point in being safe if you're isolated.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your posts looking at this extremely relevant topic in my life right now. I've enjoyed your perspective.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15019916492989415983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-47077967964561790012008-04-03T14:35:34.656-06:002008-04-03T14:35:34.656-06:00If you came to my house, I would not make you leave. In fact I would even feed you and let you stay as long as you want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com