(We love you Ira Glass!)
I recently listened to this archived episode of This American Life while busily CADing away at work. In this episode, all four acts of the hour long podcast revolves around issues of snap judgements about other people. Though all four stories were superb (the first one by Richard Price is really great), the last one by Shalom Auslander discusses how he ruined one particular vacation because of his continuous skepticism towards strangers.
In light of all the unfortunate event's happening around the nation, this cynically accurate quote by Auslander made me laugh and ponder at the same time...because it's so true. (You can check out the entire podcast at the link below)
"Here's the thing about people. I don't really like them. That's why I find racism so curious. There are so many reasons to dislike people. You're going to go with color? So I avoid the people whenever possible and try to keep my distance. It's really better for everyone." - Shalom Auslander, Paradise Lost (Aug. 22 2008)
