Grief wasn’t a problem to be solved, Francis said, it was an experience to be witnessed. If a grieving person didn’t have a witness—if he grieved privately—he risked depression. If he didn’t grieve enough, he risked suppression. Both of
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“The good news is that racist and antiracist are not fixed identities. We can be a racist one minute and an antiracist the next. What we say about race, what we do about race, in each moment, determines what -- not who -- we are.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“Work will always be work. Some people work doing what they love. Other people work so that they can do what they love when they’re not working. Neither is more noble.”
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
“How often have you heard the argument that we have to slowly implement gender and racial equality in order to not “shock” society? Who is the “society” that people are talking about? I can guarantee that women would be able to handle equal pay or a harassment-free work environment right now, with no ramp-up. I’m certain that people of color would be able to deal with equal political representation and economic opportunity if they were made available today. So for whose benefit do we need to go so slowly? How can white men be our born leaders and at the same time so fragile that they cannot handle social progress?”
― Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
― Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
“I'm just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger: I like you just the way you are. And what's more, I'm so grateful to you for helping the children in your life to know that you'll do everything you can to keep them safe and to help them express their feelings in ways that will bring healing in many different neighborhoods. It's such a good feeling to know that we're lifelong friends. -Fred Rogers”
― Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
― Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
“Children can’t learn antiracism if they don’t have the practice of observing, naming, and discussing race in their tool kit.”
― Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
― Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
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