Tobacco Road
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if (universal) you are actually that ignorant or inconsiderate of how your words impact others, in this case peoples of color, perhaps a checklist isn't such a bad idea. I don't say that from a position of high ground that I don't have bias. I know that I do. Acknowledging and confronting those biases is insightful. "Why do I think or feel that way in that situation? Why did I assume that about that person?'. I learn about myself and i think also about other people. It is even better when you have the opportunity to have dialogue with others. Some are offering that here, despite how exhausted they must be with this. If you are a white person with black people sharing their experience, I would encourage you to hear it as they live it. How do you relate or connect to that? If your first question is some fashion of how they might be overreacting or "assuming too much", you aren't doing it right and you will stay more ignorant than you need to. At least ask more about their experience before you start passing judgement on the validity of their position. We are all at different levels on this. Wherever you are, there is a next level. Try to get there in a compassionate fashion. Dismissing someone else's experience is not going to get you there.
Grow and Magic, thank you for being willing to participate with a bunch of anonymous posters, but also fellow Deacs.
Grow and Magic, thank you for being willing to participate with a bunch of anonymous posters, but also fellow Deacs.