There is the strange phenomenon in South Africa, of people who profess to be champions of racial rapprochement, yet live in (largely) White bubbles -- and do not see it. One sees it in the friends they keep, the communications they engage in, the thinkers they refer to, the environments they live in, the events they advertise, and so on. It is "louder than words". As I look over my Facebook Chat list as I write this post, more than two-thirds of the people active there at this moment are Black friends: a journalist, an academic, an entrepreneur, an activist, and so on. The discussions I have with such friends (mostly) seem so very far from the discussions of people who occupy so-called White bubbles. OBSERVATION: It is a most extraordinary thing. This is not to denigrate the conversations or activities inside such bubbles, and I myself try to keep pace with their interests, and am one with their interests -- but they are indeed bubbles. One of my core concerns has been that these bubbles tend not to be sufficiently radical -- which is not exactly a gospel they want to hear. "Radical" meaning "far-reaching or thorough".
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