tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196651674832836865.post3081064929312092385..comments2023-10-20T06:31:29.919-05:00Comments on The Logic of Long Distance: Twin Cities Marathon and the Black Lives Matter ProtestJeff Edmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840746835757479590noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196651674832836865.post-5878928645597834382016-02-06T21:19:11.379-06:002016-02-06T21:19:11.379-06:00What's good to know about long distance relati...What's good to know about long distance relationships?<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com" rel="nofollow">Movers in San Deigo </a>Emy Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882086702752344072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196651674832836865.post-65547624573892953852015-10-06T20:10:48.320-05:002015-10-06T20:10:48.320-05:00Thanks, Geoff. I'm glad the marathon went well...Thanks, Geoff. I'm glad the marathon went well for the runners in the end, but I admit I'm curious about what the reaction would have been if the protesters had been as disruptive as originally planned.Terzahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617301871875902162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196651674832836865.post-81687414232052104622015-10-02T12:32:31.023-05:002015-10-02T12:32:31.023-05:00I just finished Coates' book as well (my 15yr ...I just finished Coates' book as well (my 15yr old daughter is reading it now) and I completely agree with you.<br /><br />Excellent review by the wayGeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647161658464489770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196651674832836865.post-27738476054555066702015-10-01T12:52:00.112-05:002015-10-01T12:52:00.112-05:00I'm really glad you wrote about this, Jeff. It...I'm really glad you wrote about this, Jeff. It's been on my mind. I just finished reading Ta-Nahisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," and the book was like a slap in the face. BLM is doing exactly what Coates suggests they should do--they are taking the marathon as an example of a "Dream" that some of us can live and others cannot even consider because institutionalized racism has never allowed them to travel paths like that. I know how I would feel had I trained for this race--resentful, anxious and maybe even violated--but I think, having read Coates, that this is exactly what the protesters intend.<br /><br />My full review of the book is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1373841014. It's interesting to have its ideas hit close to home for me personally so soon after reading it. It's also interesting to find myself not entirely unsympathetic with the protesters, whose methods may be required to really wake us all up from what Coates calls the Dream. And of course I'm sympathetic with the marathoners too.Terzahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617301871875902162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196651674832836865.post-25428529699771309242015-10-01T10:42:11.356-05:002015-10-01T10:42:11.356-05:00"However, I hope in the end they let the runn..."However, I hope in the end they let the runners run, not because marathoning is more important than black lives, but out of a sense of empathy for and kinship with the marathoner and the community that makes marathoning possible." - Completely agree. I believe more people can better empathize with them if they promote their advocacy without disrupting other activities/lives.Johnny Whitehttp://www.recreationspace.comnoreply@blogger.com