Have you ever tried NOT to write about something? The topic might scare you, it might seem intimidating or it might force you to face your own flaws. I have been trying to not write about this for a few weeks now out of fear and resistance of facing the things I need to work on. I have to face up to the fact that maybe I'm not as open minded as I thought I was. When I was a kid, I assumed that everyone was treated fairly and with respect. When I got older, I realized that viewpoint was incorrect. I grew up in a suburb of Detroit that was very white. When I was in junior high, the city decided to bus some of the students from the other side of town to our middle school. This caused an uproar with parents, many of whom were white. The kids being bussed in were of Middle Eastern descent and it was very clear that the fear felt by others was based on ignorance and discrimination. Then, I went to college and majored in creative writing and wo...
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1. You already have a copy.
(This is the only legit reason, really.)
2. You have that copy of Moby Dick that you still haven't read from the ninth grade.
3. You're waiting for the movie to come out.
4. No Habla Engles
5. The feds are making a list of everything you read and you have to be very careful.
6. It's on your summer reading list BUT you live in Michigan, so.....
7. You are waiting for the New York Times to publish a review.
8. Spent all your spare change on coffee, cab far, a bus token, or a tall boy of Milwaukee's Best Ice.
9. As a matter of fact, you do have your head up your ass, don't you?
10. You are afraid to confront the personal demons that hold you captive in the suffocating existence that you refer to as your life. (Sorry to go heavy on you there.)