Thursday, April 1, 2021

There Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy – radical eyes for equity

There Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy – radical eyes for equity
There Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy


[D]espite overwhelmingly good intentions, most of what passes for intercultural education practice, particularly in the US,
accentuates rather than undermines existing social and political hierarchies.

PAUL GORSKI, GOOD INTENTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH: A DECOLONIZING INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION

A split second of awareness kept me from stepping into my apartment’s elevator, the floor covered in vomit, recently.

I thought about this moment yesterday while standing in that same elevator filled with an unpleasant smell as I also noticed a new orange-brown stain on the floor.

A week or so ago, I was unloading two bicycles from my car rack, going up and down the elevator and walking through the enclosed garage of the complex a couple of times. I encountered twice a women with her small dog on a lease, and in both cases, she paused while the dog urinated on a steel beam in the garage.

It isn’t uncommon to see dog dropping scattered down the hallway carpet in this complex either.

Having lived almost four decades in my own homes before becoming an CONTINUE READING: There Can Be No Equity without Community and Empathy – radical eyes for equity