Maybe its the crack and PCP that causes the "scientist" theory to come in? i remeber all that ATLiens stuff, and was very confused by it.
One thing I really miss about the service was the chance to sit and talk on a deeper level with people that there is no way I would have come into contact with in that context any other way. For example had a very good friend who talked to me at length about where he grew up in Detroit, seeing friends get shot, etc... and when I met another guy from Detroit and told him the area the first guy was from, he even talked about how bad it was. Here was a hick from the mtn's of NC, 18-19 yrs old, talking with a black guy from the inner city. The service was a great cultural experience for me because you quickly realize that there are really good, really bad and everything in between in regards to people. A lot of guys, black and white, only associated with their race, but I really think playing sports gave me a lot of common ground to mix with
everybody.
there maybe a possibility to to your first statement, although, I think they grabbed that from the NOI.
I agree. And I've talked a lot with former servicemen, and since I am from a military town (Annapolis), I come in contact with middies, and Marines, and enlisted Army as well. But from my experience in college, I went to Morgan St U, which is a historically black college, and believe me, the theory that black people are monolithic is a misnomer. Depending on where you were from in the US, there were different ways of thinking. And then there was the Caribbean way, which could be broken down further, the African way of thinking, which can be broken down into E, W, N, S, and central, and Muslim, Christian, other, Etc. Peeps from the Southern US thought different, the women from the Southern US knew how to cook and treat their men. Women from California, smiled a lot and were chipper. Women from NYC and PG county, Md beefed, because they were stylish and fine as all get out. And talking to all these types of people, showed similarities, yet differences.
My, freshman yr, somebody asked me why I was in the library a lot, and I said "I am looking for truth", when then had a deep discussion.
I met that man about 2 yrs ago, he is attorney now, and he ask me was I still lookig for truth. I told him, "No, truth has always been here, the only reason why we look for it, is because we cover it up because we are either ashamed of it, or we don't want to face it. We are scared of ourselves, what we've become or haven't become. And that truth has always stared us in the face."