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…too often by people so caught up in their own issues that they couldn’t see the damage they caused. I can breathe easier knowing that it’s rare for people to hurt us intentionally. So much of the time, they’re simply too mired in their own pain to hold compassion for anyone else’s. I can understand that and even love them in spite of the way that hurt people keep hurting people — but I don’t have to stick around to be the punching bag or emotional scapegoat for people who can’t meet me where I am.
Crystal Jackson
Aza Y. Alam
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Exactly! Well said.
Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
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