Born On Third Base Post 1

Born on Third Base by Chuck Collins raises some amazing points about the various roots of economic disparity and social tension. The examples he uses remind me a lot of a conversation I listened to between Oprah Winfrey and Father Richard Dohl about finding one’s true self. As Father Dohl explains, each of us have a true self and a false self. Whenever we feel certain things it often comes from out false self, the part of us that uphold the more materialistic vales. We have a tendency to place blame on others as an easy way to define the cause of our own problems. We need empathy The idea of greed and classism comes from a place of lack of empathy. In Born on Third Base, Chuck Collins talks about how division and demonization of specific groups is what our economy thrives on.