We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Occupy Empathy

Click here to access article by Mickey Z from World News Trust.

The author describes a recent visit to Saks department store in New York City in which he experienced what it is like to be a target of the Blue Bloc: what it is like to be a person of color, an immigrant, or a Muslim when confronted by police. His white skin saved him from being frisked and arrested.
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