Harassing Harassers
<p>It’s a feeling I get rarely, but one that is so bad it’s indescribable. My heart constricts, I inhale faster, my brows tense. Inside, I feel vulnerable, depressed, hopeless, and terribly scared. Classic response to “someone is out to get me”, aka discrimination in its higher forms.</p>
<p>Why did I get such a strong response? <strong>I think it’s because I’m part of the community that was being attacked. </strong>Folks will say this incident is “shameful” and “against humanity”. You know what? My heart wasn’t really thinking about humanity as I watched that attack. It was something <em>far</em> more primal. It was the result of an inherent defense mechanism that perhaps viewed this as a threat to my own existence. Regardless of the psychology, it definitely wasn’t altruism.</p>
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