We separated like oil and water. In the cafeteria, you'd see a table of black jocks, table of white jocks, table of rich white kids, table of Hispanic kids, table of Chinese kids, table of druggies, table of chatterboxes, and so on. Wait! There's a diverse table over there! With a few kids of different tenacities and economic status! Oh, that's the nerds. That's where I sat. We weren't cool enough for the other tables, so we didn't discriminate against anybody.
Gene WeingartenI don't think I could ever love someone with whom I fundamentally disagreed, politically.
Gene WeingartenThe horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting.
Gene Weingarten