Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences

By Phillip Milano Question I started at guard in high school and got offered a scholarship. Now when I play basketball at a gym and there are mostly black players, I can’t get the ball passed to me because I am white. Why is that? John, Jacksonville, N.C. Replies You suck. The only time you get the ball is when …

By Phillip Milano Question I’m 36 and just broke up with a 20-year-old, Michele, who was too young for me. Though we were intimate, we are parting amicably. Her mother, Linda, is 37, divorced and as sweet as her daughter. I know Linda is very attracted to me, and though I think we’d make a great couple, we haven’t said …

By Phillip Milano Question Do Spaniards view Latinos as butchering the Spanish language? Ridley, 22, white male, Chambersburg, Penn. Replies I don’t think South Americans are butchering Spanish, but I find it irritating when South Americans refer to themselves as “Spanish.” Jade, 16, Spanish, Australia I’m from Venezuela, and when we talk to North Americans or Europeans, we never refer …

By Phillip Milano Question Why is it when someone does a common bodily function, we are offended, but when we do it ourselves, it’s no problem? Also, why are we usually embarrassed when we do it, even though everyone does it? Jay, Pensacola Replies I’m an American with a weak stomach. My husband is from a culture where many bodily …

By Phillip Milano Question Why is there so much attention paid to campaigns to feed the hungry? Who can be hungry in America when you can get a hamburger for less than a dollar? Mike, 63, Sarasota Replies If you’re that out of touch, you should go to work in D.C. — you’d fit right in. Donald, St. Augustine I’ve …

By Phillip Milano Question It’s been my sad experience that the nastiest, most quarrelsome people in the United States are from upstate New York. Is it unique to upstate New York culture? Albany, Poughkeepsie, Utica, Rochester: Take a chill pill. Augustine, 41, male, Columbia, S.C. Replies Of course, it could be that we just don’t like you. Me, Upstate, N.Y. …