Thank you for a wonderfully written and insightful article. Deserves broad readership and hopefully causes all of us to think more deeply about our own biases.
Thank you, Devin. I am sure I will be referring to some of your insights here on Monday when I lead my 7th-graders through their weekly, half-hour social emotional lesson. Monday's lesson is on the terms dehumanization and microaggression.
What an opportunity! Thank you for sharing your learning and self-reflection with us.
Thank you, Patricia. It occurs to me that you wouldn't dare teach that lesson in Florida for fear of literally going to jail. Thanks for teaching bravely!!!
This is a moving piece and a lesson we should not forget. In the USA I am seeing more and more intolerance as people who have long lived on the fringes of society demand a place at the table. Immigrants, minorities, LGBTQIA all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. I'm not a religious person, but my background is in literature and one of my favorite authors is the 17th-century poet John Donne. His "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions" are a constant reminder of the illusion of separation between all living beings:
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Thanks for the thoughtful essay. It was a great way to start my day and get me in the right frame of mind when life is constantly trying to distract me from what is important.
Jeremy, you made my day. What a kind note. Thanks for sharing that quote. It is profound. I love how you grabbed a bit more of it than is often shared.
Thank you for a wonderfully written and insightful article. Deserves broad readership and hopefully causes all of us to think more deeply about our own biases.
Drew, thanks for kind note. I truly appreciate it!
Thank you, Devin. I am sure I will be referring to some of your insights here on Monday when I lead my 7th-graders through their weekly, half-hour social emotional lesson. Monday's lesson is on the terms dehumanization and microaggression.
What an opportunity! Thank you for sharing your learning and self-reflection with us.
Thank you, Patricia. It occurs to me that you wouldn't dare teach that lesson in Florida for fear of literally going to jail. Thanks for teaching bravely!!!
May your work there help to turn that situation around!
Thank you so much!
This is a moving piece and a lesson we should not forget. In the USA I am seeing more and more intolerance as people who have long lived on the fringes of society demand a place at the table. Immigrants, minorities, LGBTQIA all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. I'm not a religious person, but my background is in literature and one of my favorite authors is the 17th-century poet John Donne. His "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions" are a constant reminder of the illusion of separation between all living beings:
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Thanks for the thoughtful essay. It was a great way to start my day and get me in the right frame of mind when life is constantly trying to distract me from what is important.
Jeremy, you made my day. What a kind note. Thanks for sharing that quote. It is profound. I love how you grabbed a bit more of it than is often shared.