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Stop.
Make your point clear.
Help me hear you.
Don’t be mean.
and
Use.
Your.
Words.
That’s what I used to say to my sons when they were still early in their language development. I still recall the frustration that would wash over their young faces mid-tantrum.
Stop.
Make your point clear.
Help me hear you.
Don’t be mean.
and
Use.
Your.
Words.
That’s what I used to say to my sons when they were still early in their language development. I still recall the frustration that would wash over their young faces mid-tantrum.
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Now they’re older & frustration looks different. But those same words still hold true. And here lately? I’m also saying them to myself.
Yup.
Today, I’m reflecting on what it means to use our words.
Especially as it relates to how we #dothework of antiracism.
Now they’re older & frustration looks different. But those same words still hold true. And here lately? I’m also saying them to myself.
Yup.
Today, I’m reflecting on what it means to use our words.
Especially as it relates to how we #dothework of antiracism.
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Like many trying to #dothework, I read this book. I’ve found a lot of @DrIbram's ideas thought provoking. Like this:
“What if we measured the radicalism of speech by how radically it transforms open-minded people? By how the speech liberates the anti-racist power within?”
Like many trying to #dothework, I read this book. I’ve found a lot of @DrIbram's ideas thought provoking. Like this:
“What if we measured the radicalism of speech by how radically it transforms open-minded people? By how the speech liberates the anti-racist power within?”
