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These progressive White people can be the most harmful in perpetuating racism because they think they’re done doing their work. They think they get it, that they’re the choir to whom anti-racist people are preaching, and instead of searching themselves for micro-aggressions they unintentionally commit, they use their already-uplifted voices to showcase how ‘woke’ they are.
I can definitely be one of these progressive White people. I remember the moment I epitomized this idea:
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As more of us start to get tested, we’ll begin the necessary -- yet frightening -- process of tracing our possible contact with those who test positive. There will be the tendency to point fingers, especially, as we have seen, at Asian Americans.
You have the choice: will you be xenophobic? Resentful? Blaming? Will you feed into the political divide currently raging in our country?
Liberal, conservative, we’re all in this together. This virus affects all of us, regardless of our skin color or political preference. This can unite us or divide us. We all get to choose which.
Make the right choice.
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As a therapist, I'd like to remove as many obstacles to coming to therapy as possible. There are things that people don't usually think about until they're in the room. If you're anything like me, you have no idea what to expect with therapy, so I hope to bring light to some of these things, in an effort to bring more comfort and empowerment to the experience. Remember, the therapist is the guide, but you are the one in control!
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