Interesting...
On coming out ... or not, as the case may be; On being safe, however that's defined ... or not, as the case may be:
On race and gay identity:
On why professional athletes have such problems with money (with a very brief side-order of race in the middle):
Regarding the latter part of the interview ... I think that studies show that for most men in western societies, they do identify with their profession. It's not just that men who play basketball think of themselves as basketball players, rather than as men who happen to play basketball for their profession at the moment. Men who happen to be doctors think of themselves as doctors. Men who happen to be construction workers think of themselves primarily as construction workers. Men who happen to be policemen think of themselves primarily as policemen. Men invest in their careers in a particular way, especially when they're young. (And, I suspect, especially when they're very young, receiving the adulation of the public for doing what they do, and getting paid startling sums of money to do so.)
I suspect the ability to think, "That is what I do; this is who I am," and make that separation is something that comes when you get older. And, I suspect, a hallmark of middle age. (And probably precipitates some middle-age crises; after all, once you discover that you are not your work, then you have to figure out exactly who you are.)
The entire BigThink interview with Amaechi at bigthink.com.
Posted by iain at October 20, 2010 04:35 PM
