So I just want to say to all abuse and torture survivors out there, that it is your choice and your choice alone whether or not you choose to forgive those who hurt you. No one has the right to tell you that either choice is wrong. If forgiveness is what heals you then I support you, and if you cannot or will not forgive those who hurt you I support you as well. How we choose or must relate to those who hurt us is up to each of us as individuals and should not be ridiculed nor hated.
The other day a white customer was mimicking the way a black co-worker talked over the phone to another co-worker, and when he asked her to stop she said “oh I bet your black too” and he’s like nah I’m white, you’re just being awful and I’m hanging up
It’s that easy
When people think empathy w/o personal association or investment is strange, it’s because they have none.
Seriously how has it become such a foreign concept nowadays to empathize with others even if you aren’t the one being affected by it?
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