tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858319085461157429.post1064749010011785255..comments2023-04-01T20:17:03.215-07:00Comments on My Dessert Pocket: Reading Response: Stealing Buddha's Dinner Part Ikelseydonkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08890139082702666433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8858319085461157429.post-46375934692402527112012-09-18T04:57:11.389-07:002012-09-18T04:57:11.389-07:00What a wonderful insight, Kelsey. I think shame ca...What a wonderful insight, Kelsey. I think shame can only be useful when it's instructive to us--and when we can separate it from our identity. The United States is an immigrant culture, and somewhere in each of our pasts, our people were outsiders. That some of us have the privilege to lose that sense of "difference," I think, does our culture a disservice, especially in that it can lead to our oppressing (intentionally or unintentionally) those we deem as "Other." I cannot wait to hear more of your stories and connections to this book. Marinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646435073582263560noreply@blogger.com