MrScorpio Talks To Everyone

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37. Yes MrScorpio, we are ALL connected.

As you say so well, 'Privileged parties have responsibilities to change that normality in order to abolish systems of inequality, privilege, power, difference, bias and discrimination.'

We at DU should keep discussing these issues of power, language, inequality, bias and discrimination. It may not make everyone comfortable. But it contributes to a more healthy atmosphere here. One way more rich than 'your chosen candidate sucks!' I've learned a lot from my women friends here, from my gay friends here, from my black friends here. We're all connected and what we say matters, how we listen to others matters.

I suggest anyone reading this to check out the African American group here at DU. Read and listen and if you'd like (and you can be respectful) post there too. It's one of the best groups here. Each of its participants are people I respect and find humorous and smart. There's so much there to read and learn. So much to learn by gaining insight into different perspectives.

This all goes way beyond anyone's preferred candidate or any elected official. It's about how we choose to live our lives and from whom we gain insight and sustenance and joy.

In spite of frustrations with the way a lot of people here talk about race, I believe we all benefit only by continuing to discuss it, continue sharing perspectives, continuing to listen.

Hope you enjoy a good weekend. Thanks for this fascinating essay. It should be discussed here for some time, from all different angles.