Well good morning Marcie. Your Monday is my Tuesday and I look forward to this so much. Now a humble confession. I read the article about John Francis, the planet walker and I'm blown away. I turn on the video you tube and am blown away by assumption that I would see an Anglo man. No excuses, just another look in the mirror at my inbuilt prejudices. Then I get to think - how much harder would it be for a black man to walk across America. Yet I can't excuse my prejudice on that basis because that's what systemic racism does, doesn't it, it locks people out. So a dose of "whatever is ingrained," to humbly confess to my God today.
The Glamour article is great. I can't believe I'm about to write the next words - my sister in law comes from Barbados, and we have had many a discussion about racism. Moving to oh so white Australia was really hard for her. Still is. That's the first time I've written about my sister in law on a post, because in all the black lives matter debates last year, I kept reading that phrase "my sister in law is," or "there is a bi racial family member blah blah"; as if that was an instant antidote to racism. I love Dawn deeply but that gives me no protection against my systemic racism. In closing, today I take this lesson: Whatever is challenging my learned assumptions is true and holy. Thank you. 💜🙏💜
The Glamour article... heartbreak. So true. And I love NDT! Thanks for sharing.
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Well good morning Marcie. Your Monday is my Tuesday and I look forward to this so much. Now a humble confession. I read the article about John Francis, the planet walker and I'm blown away. I turn on the video you tube and am blown away by assumption that I would see an Anglo man. No excuses, just another look in the mirror at my inbuilt prejudices. Then I get to think - how much harder would it be for a black man to walk across America. Yet I can't excuse my prejudice on that basis because that's what systemic racism does, doesn't it, it locks people out. So a dose of "whatever is ingrained," to humbly confess to my God today.
The Glamour article is great. I can't believe I'm about to write the next words - my sister in law comes from Barbados, and we have had many a discussion about racism. Moving to oh so white Australia was really hard for her. Still is. That's the first time I've written about my sister in law on a post, because in all the black lives matter debates last year, I kept reading that phrase "my sister in law is," or "there is a bi racial family member blah blah"; as if that was an instant antidote to racism. I love Dawn deeply but that gives me no protection against my systemic racism. In closing, today I take this lesson: Whatever is challenging my learned assumptions is true and holy. Thank you. 💜🙏💜
Janet, I think you hit the nail right on the head for all of us: Whatever is challenging our learned assumptions is true and holy. Indeed. 🙏🏾