Comments on: Fireworks or Gunshots: self-delusion and lessons learned http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/ Gentrification, reworked. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:59:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kat http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-399 kat Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:33:41 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-399 I'm sitting on my couch wondering, are those sounds fireworks or gunshots? I googled just that and landed on your blog. Thanks for your comments. Seems I'm not the only one thinking those thoughts... I’m sitting on my couch wondering, are those sounds fireworks or gunshots? I googled just that and landed on your blog. Thanks for your comments. Seems I’m not the only one thinking those thoughts…

]]> By: Si Kailian http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-129 Si Kailian Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:30:32 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-129 congrats darling you made the Express today! congrats darling you made the Express today!

]]> By: Carmen http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-128 Carmen Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:53:55 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-128 Please keep writing. Don't let a few critics keep you from expressing what you're feeling in response to the things that are happening in Shaw. Your blog and your views are a valuable addition to the ongoing discussion here in Shaw. Cheers. Please keep writing. Don’t let a few critics keep you from expressing what you’re feeling in response to the things that are happening in Shaw. Your blog and your views are a valuable addition to the ongoing discussion here in Shaw.

Cheers.

]]> By: doug http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-127 doug Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:33:08 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-127 I came here reading up on the crime spree in Shaw. It seems to me that you are very wrapped up in all things race, gentrification, underpriviledged African Americans vs. White people with the means to live in Shaw. Can you ever write w/o reflecting on something that's so cliche? Seriously, it's pathetic to read all about your issues. I came here reading up on the crime spree in Shaw. It seems to me that you are very wrapped up in all things race, gentrification, underpriviledged African Americans vs. White people with the means to live in Shaw.

Can you ever write w/o reflecting on something that’s so cliche? Seriously, it’s pathetic to read all about your issues.

]]> By: alex http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-124 alex Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:19:34 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-124 I don't really mean to be critical, but to me it's not at all clear how living in Shaw connects to the lessons you list. I don’t really mean to be critical, but to me it’s not at all clear how living in Shaw connects to the lessons you list.

]]> By: reuben http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-122 reuben Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:55:51 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-122 well-written, sensitive piece. i wish more new ( and, for that matter, old comers) comers looked at the joys and contradictions of life in america these days. hang in there. well-written, sensitive piece. i wish more new ( and, for that matter, old comers) comers looked at the joys and contradictions of life in america these days.
hang in there.

]]> By: DCBlogs » DC Blogs Noted http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-120 DCBlogs » DC Blogs Noted Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:16:46 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-120 [...] Fireworks or Gunshots: self-delusion and lessons learned. A Shaw Thing writes about the reality of living in the District. An excerpt: The more time I spend living in DC, the more I realize how great the chasms between abstract liberal class-consciousness and actual practical realities of living in DC are. Case in point: I was just setting out at around 8:30 pm last night when I heard a succession of gunshots, or “fireworks,” as a roommate likes to call them. [...] [...] Fireworks or Gunshots: self-delusion and lessons learned. A Shaw Thing writes about the reality of living in the District. An excerpt: The more time I spend living in DC, the more I realize how great the chasms between abstract liberal class-consciousness and actual practical realities of living in DC are. Case in point: I was just setting out at around 8:30 pm last night when I heard a succession of gunshots, or “fireworks,” as a roommate likes to call them. [...]

]]> By: cuff http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-118 cuff Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:49:15 +0000 http://ashawthing.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/fireworks-or-gunshots-self-delusion-and-lessons-learned/#comment-118 Great articulation of feelings I've had but haven't been able to get out so succinctly. #3 is a tough one for people to understand. It's hard to get over that hump that as much as we want to be seen by individuals we are always to a greater or lesser extent implicated by our class, race, culture. Which is why #2 is so damn important. Great articulation of feelings I’ve had but haven’t been able to get out so succinctly.

#3 is a tough one for people to understand. It’s hard to get over that hump that as much as we want to be seen by individuals we are always to a greater or lesser extent implicated by our class, race, culture. Which is why #2 is so damn important.

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