Who's Innocent?

Following the theme that I have created, I like reading essays from the narrative point of view. Shelby Steele in his essay "I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent?" is very clear about his opinion. He does not offer an array of statistics or other sources, however his voice comes off being very credible. The examples that he did use were fairly easy to relate too. I remember watching the "Cosby Show." I don't remember exactly what was so appealing about the show, other than it seemed funny and taught what seemed to be important lessons in a family setting. The way Steele presents this show as an example of bargaining, it made sense. Without doing more research you would have to trust what he says, but he makes sense in the essay. I can't say that agree totally with what he said, simply based on my ignorance to current issues on the subject, but what he said had some validity.
One thing I could definitely agree on is what he say in the end. That it would take effort to overcome the racial issue, and that the silence that ensnared them at the party would never help solve the problem. His theory of empowerment through innocence provided by victimization hit a chord with me in a weird way. As a boy my family went annually to San Diego to watch a baseball game. The age requirement was 9 so I patiently awaited the time when I could go. The year of my coming of age, we stopped going. I felt like I got robbed, and still to this day I play the San Diego card when I feel like I deserve something from them. It is sad but true. This essay is just Steels's opinion, but it presents some strong points. It is a generalization of the issue, perhaps way to simple of one, but it was an interesting read.