Thank you - yes, I have Sheena's book on pre-order. Personally I'm a mix and opted out of the great American race game a few years ago. The recent trend of pumping race into everything has only confirmed this decision for me. I hope others get on board, but failing that, at least honestly examine what they mean when they say "race" (vs e…
Thank you - yes, I have Sheena's book on pre-order. Personally I'm a mix and opted out of the great American race game a few years ago. The recent trend of pumping race into everything has only confirmed this decision for me. I hope others get on board, but failing that, at least honestly examine what they mean when they say "race" (vs ethnicity, heritage, color, etc) and what they hope to get out of it. I honestly haven't seen a situation where invocation of "race" has improved society anywhere over the globe. Maybe there are cases - most of the time when the concept is invoked it just goes south.
Yes. We have to find common ground to create a more just world. The fact that we are all human is that common ground. We mostly all respond the same to kindness, compassion, generosity, fair play and their opposites. I think we are all more alike than we are different. There is lots of money to be made out of division though.
Thank you - yes, I have Sheena's book on pre-order. Personally I'm a mix and opted out of the great American race game a few years ago. The recent trend of pumping race into everything has only confirmed this decision for me. I hope others get on board, but failing that, at least honestly examine what they mean when they say "race" (vs ethnicity, heritage, color, etc) and what they hope to get out of it. I honestly haven't seen a situation where invocation of "race" has improved society anywhere over the globe. Maybe there are cases - most of the time when the concept is invoked it just goes south.
Yes. We have to find common ground to create a more just world. The fact that we are all human is that common ground. We mostly all respond the same to kindness, compassion, generosity, fair play and their opposites. I think we are all more alike than we are different. There is lots of money to be made out of division though.