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H Mason's avatar

Thanks for this Leonydus. Have been trying to put my finger on why this whole thing has been bothering me. You've summed it up well.

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Suzabelle's avatar

Grievance, like so many things in our culture, has been monetized and is an industry now. It employs many people and pays some of them with money, and many others with dubious psychological crutches. Worst of all, it's an extraordinarily narrow lens through which to look at oneself, others, and the world - a sort of ant's eye view.

We can and should be many things, as well as members of a given ethnic group; you don't have to choose just one and try to live there. You can look through the eyes of a parent, a craftsperson, a doctor, a cook, a scholar, a gardener, an artist, an historian, a teacher, a janitor, a dancer . . . it's a big world and we can participate in so much. Deciding to live solely within your racial identity is a bit like deciding to see only the color blue - a sad, fruitless, and entirely unnecessary diminishment of what it means to be fully human.

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