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this gets me ready for the details of the jodi shaw situation. i've already said i don't understand (yet) some of your framing of liberalism, for instance, i don't get the thing about liberals believing the individual is the only meaningful social unit, so i have to continue to unpack the Liberal Thing. but this really makes clear the stages we white and black americans being going through in more recent years, alway in parallel with each other, always one side, the white side, very slow to get what the other side is saying, feeling and doing. it's a relief to have such a clear description of the rise and let's hope falling away into something else of anti-racism training. i know from teaching, it can really make a room go silent. we've never much been side by side yet, more facing each other with a lot of inexplicable feelings, at least on the part of white people. i think side by side is what you're working toward, with a common direction.

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Feb 24, 2021Liked by Akil Vicks

My question is; How do we build a bridge toward understanding and accepting differences? I can't wait to find out who Jodi Shaw is and what she brings to the table... Solidarity Forever!!

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Oh just you wait....

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You need a psychological compass to navigate this topic.....this is a good start.....your view from the White perspective is useful.....it should lay a foundation for understanding...maybe

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