Don’t be afraid of Crenshaw Boulevard
July 24, 2007 | by brett | Permalink
Cruising down Crenshaw and Slauson in Watts, an area in south central Los Angeles, Noah Pollock and I are being exposed to things that we’ve only heard about in rap songs. And you know what? It’s not as bad as two white kids from the suburbs would imagine it to be.
Talking on the phone arranging it to be picked up for dinner, I give directions to the voice over the phone. “Killingsworth and Alberta? You mean, uh, Northwest Portland,?” Apparently the area we are staying in is referred to as the “ghetto” of Oregon. But you know what? We saw more crazy people on the suburban streets of Lake Oswego today than the area that led the voice on the phone to cancel dinner plans.
I recently posted about the limitations of passion, was even quoted yesterday in the Chicago Tribune about passion’s limitations; but having a preconceived opinion without experiencing it first is a completely different kind of limitation.
You can only grow as far a shell will allow you to when your limitations induce shell like living.
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Steve Says:
July 24th, 2007
That is a very interesting observation. It applies more than simply in the social economic setting. It also applies to the talents and passion of employees. Some of the brightest professionals I have ever worked with didn’t “look” the part on the outside.
kelly Says:
July 26th, 2007
“You can’t judge a book by it’s cover”!!!!
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