I appreciate this piece, Glenn. I think it's important to examine our 'blind sides.' To realize that exploring the biases in our education and our families/cultural backgrounds only enriches us as people. It makes us kinder, more empathetic and I imagine allows us to be better listeners too.
I had just read something about Oher's claiming that the Tuohy family took advantage of him and profited off his story. This sadly will be exploited in the media and social media in a dozen awful ways. All sense of nuance and context will be completely lost.
I had not. An interesting, comprehensive read on the current situation that touches on a couple of things I mentioned in my original essay. In my experience, when you have stories like this with two sides on wildly opposite ends, the real truth often is found somewhere in the middle. And no one comes out fully clean.
Time will tell the truth on The Blind Side issue. Probably won’t take too long. Jim
I appreciate this piece, Glenn. I think it's important to examine our 'blind sides.' To realize that exploring the biases in our education and our families/cultural backgrounds only enriches us as people. It makes us kinder, more empathetic and I imagine allows us to be better listeners too.
I had just read something about Oher's claiming that the Tuohy family took advantage of him and profited off his story. This sadly will be exploited in the media and social media in a dozen awful ways. All sense of nuance and context will be completely lost.
Thanks, Steve. Appreciate it. The whole situation with Oher is tremendously sad.
Have you seen this article about it?
https://open.substack.com/pub/savingjournalism/p/the-blind-side-lawsuit-what-the-press?r=1046qe&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
I had not. An interesting, comprehensive read on the current situation that touches on a couple of things I mentioned in my original essay. In my experience, when you have stories like this with two sides on wildly opposite ends, the real truth often is found somewhere in the middle. And no one comes out fully clean.
Also, when you get the chance, take a look at this essay I wrote last year. It also touches on — albeit in an opaque, personal way — some of the things that the author addresses in his look at The Blind Side. https://open.substack.com/pub/glenncook/p/connecting-the-dots?r=727x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web