Embracing discomfort leads to growth from "summary" of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
To grow in our understanding of race and racism, we must be willing to sit in discomfort. We must be open to feeling the weight of our privilege, the pain of our complicity, and the challenge of dismantling systems that benefit us. This discomfort is not meant to paralyze us, but to push us to action. It is meant to disrupt our status quo, to shake us out of our complacency, and to propel us toward change. Embracing discomfort means confronting our own biases and prejudices. It means acknowledging the ways in which we have been socialized to see the world through a narrow lens. It means being vulnerable enough to listen to the stories of those who have been marginalized and oppressed. It means resisting the urge to retreat into defensiveness or denial when ...
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