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Yesterday I felt sad
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Yesterday I felt sad.* What causes me the most stress, despair, frustration, disappointment and hurt to run through my body is actually not the headlines; it’s not the words and pictures of death and destruction, authoritarian abuses of power, social injustices, or climate collapse (though they all cause me anxiety, anger and heartbreak); it’s the dystopian carrying on as normal; it’s the inability or unwillingness to change, to help, to speak out; it’s the silence. It feels like one of those nightmares where you’re screaming at the top of your lungs and no-one can hear you. It takes inordinate amounts...
My White Privilege: How do I move forward? How do I help? How do I do better?
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Whilst the struggles against slavery, oppression, bigotry, prejudice and racism has lasted centuries for Black people, my understanding of my own White Privilege has only started fully developing in the past few years - since Brexit and the US 2016 election. The seeds were sown when I went to university in New York, was voted as a Senator for my building and undertook diversity and leadership training. However, my understanding has intensified and deepened over the past couple of weeks. As my understanding of my privilege as a White person has improved, I have struggled with how best to move forward...
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