This is where I'm at. IDGAF was MM thinks on life's challenges. His experience is anything but normal. That isn't to denounce the effort, but it's hardly relatable.
In the past month, how many folks have reached out to black friends/ coworkers/ neighbors and had these 'uncomfortable' conversations?
I don't find them uncomfortable at all, and yes, I've received my share of 'constructive criticism.' One of the longest and most intense discussions I've been a part of involved "colorblindeness" and how a lot of POC find it offensive while many whites think they are aspiring to Dr King's words in his"I have a Dream" speech. The dialogue helps.
I was also a participant in another discussion at work that got pretty damned heated, especially for it being at work, and I could tell the narrator/ proctor was frustrated because she didn't think it would go that way. i shot her an IM saying " Today helped. Do it again please!" Her reply was that was all she wanted to hear, all day.
I want to see where our actions go, following the dialogue, with an assertive emphasis on "our."