Stop Asking People To Prove Their Feelings
<p><em>(“Height” in quotations because I realize this is a relative & subjective term. What felt like the “height” to me might be different for others.)</em></p>
<p>I couldn’t quite make sense of so many of the<em> new-to-me</em> narratives and societal under-weavings.</p>
<p>The term “white privilege” didn’t sitting well with me at first.</p>
<p>I talked to my other white friends about it.</p>
<p>I felt defensive.</p>
<p>I kept trying <em>(in my head)</em> to rebut the “arguments” I was hearing, trying to poke holes in them and disprove them. Like that was even possible, given I had never had any of the experiences about which these people were sharing. <strong>Like feelings needed statistics to be real.</strong></p>
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