This is *not* an unsatisfying answer. Unsatisfying would have been "it's never going to happen" or "I have no idea". This is a long-term problem needing long-term solutions, and it sounds like you're all in. Looking forward to learning more and contributing, as possible.
Re: your four reasons, this is a really useful (if depressing list).…
This is *not* an unsatisfying answer. Unsatisfying would have been "it's never going to happen" or "I have no idea". This is a long-term problem needing long-term solutions, and it sounds like you're all in. Looking forward to learning more and contributing, as possible.
Re: your four reasons, this is a really useful (if depressing list). Sadly, I'd like to add a fifth: race discourse is a casualty of general challenges to discourse presented by a host of factors that have people really struggling to empathize with each other, across all groupings. I'm def not saying the past was some sort of wonderland of shared values and understanding. But we're not well, indifference to other people is endemic, open hostility is common. Taking on race in this moment is in some ways like starting to begin a new exercise and diet regime while suffering from the flu.
That said, waiting won't change anything. And maybe we need to really hit bottom before we can countenance the truly difficult work.
This is *not* an unsatisfying answer. Unsatisfying would have been "it's never going to happen" or "I have no idea". This is a long-term problem needing long-term solutions, and it sounds like you're all in. Looking forward to learning more and contributing, as possible.
Re: your four reasons, this is a really useful (if depressing list). Sadly, I'd like to add a fifth: race discourse is a casualty of general challenges to discourse presented by a host of factors that have people really struggling to empathize with each other, across all groupings. I'm def not saying the past was some sort of wonderland of shared values and understanding. But we're not well, indifference to other people is endemic, open hostility is common. Taking on race in this moment is in some ways like starting to begin a new exercise and diet regime while suffering from the flu.
That said, waiting won't change anything. And maybe we need to really hit bottom before we can countenance the truly difficult work.
Thank you again.