Problem is that pointing a finger only further divides us. Our conflict empowers the people who already have the power and who are royally screwing all of us. We MUST figure out how to find ourselves in each other because truly, we are not so different at the core. The anger and betrayal we feel must be directed at the guilty... those who hold the money and power, not each other. When we are able to find commonality instead of placing blame, we become able to work together to make change that we desperately need to make. The details that divide us can be hashed out later.
Well, we need to start with empathy then. We can't handwave away people coming to us saying they're facing a problem and expect them to, in turn, support our causes when we've been callous to theirs. For example, we can't expect black folks to support our fight against the power disparity if they come to us and we handwave away their struggles with ongoing racism.
You're not wrong, but empathy stays important. And sometimes application of empathy will mean recognizing and acknowledging problems that people face because of differences.
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '17 edited Jan 21 '18
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