your friends, or mutual friends, have told you that over the years. I admire you so much, not just because you're a voice of common sense, but it takes guts these days to be a voice in common sense, I think. I suppose. I don't think of myself as brave, because what I really am is a failed lawyer. And my issue is just that if things don't make sense to me, then I just want to try to make sense of it, and I want people to understand what I mean. And this is the thing. If you are a good black person, you're often told that when it comes to certain race issues, you're supposed to not quite make sense, and that you're supposed to deal with a certain kind of word magic. I have never felt it. I've always thought I'm black, and I would like that to make sense too. And that's why I end up looking brave, when really, I'm just obsessive. Well, what I get so much from listening to you and reading you is that you feel condescended to, which I feel like that is... Especially lately. Right. And I see (6/46)