There needs to be a convo to some folks about INTENT vs IMPACT.
When it comes to people’s lives and identities, the IMPACT of our actions can be what hurts someone.
It should be more important than the question of our INTENT. 1/
When it comes to people’s lives and identities, the IMPACT of our actions can be what hurts someone.
It should be more important than the question of our INTENT. 1/
Without meaning to, someone can hurt another person.
To ease pain the conversation should not center on what someone’s intention is but on the impact of what happened to hurt someone.
If someone hit you in a car, you don’t care if their intention was to make a left turn. 2/
To ease pain the conversation should not center on what someone’s intention is but on the impact of what happened to hurt someone.
If someone hit you in a car, you don’t care if their intention was to make a left turn. 2/
They could be saying “I didn’t mean to hit you. My intention was a left turn. Can’t you understand that?!”
But that wouldn’t help the situation when what you need to hear is “I am so sorry I hit you. What can I do to help right now?” 3/
But that wouldn’t help the situation when what you need to hear is “I am so sorry I hit you. What can I do to help right now?” 3/
This is just a quick and dirty summation but I hope people will take some anti oppression training and also get a much stronger understanding of how their words and actions can affect others.
We can all Listen. Reflect. Apologize. Do better. 4/4
We can all Listen. Reflect. Apologize. Do better. 4/4
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