Hi all,
A lazy, lazy post today. Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, a book I'll post about on Sunday, was full of interesting
little nuggets and observations that I could not work into the reading review.
Here are ten of my favorite ideas from the novel,
listed in no particular order.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
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1) In a homogeneous place, the bad behavior of one in a minority group reflects automatically on the rest.
2)
Saying someone is a 'good' representative of a group is no different
than discriminating against the group. It is a definition not based on
human qualities but rather on the relative strata within the group.
3)
Most people contribute to discrimination merely by working together
with others. They uphold laws, adopt practices, and preserve communities
that systemically divide or exclude outsiders.
4) It's important to have someone to share your life with- your experiences, your thoughts, even just what took place that day.
5) Though we long to transform a bad deed into a good one, positive results cannot launder a sin.
6) In the market, it is better to say little.
7)
If outsiders come into a dispute, they solve nothing by empathizing.
They only help when they urge the parties to forget the dispute and
focus on the friendship that might be built with the other.
8) Studying is like labor, learning is like play. One must learn, not study.
9) Insurance is a way to make money from fear, loneliness, or chance.
10) History is indifferent to our failures.
