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Recently I helped a friend go through his elderly mothers house after she had moved to assisted living.
I asked to room again equally interested to see if anyone would promote the lone Maori staff members knowledge of his culture above their rank in the hierarchy and divert the question to him.
But no the senior European staff members continued to blunder their way thru PC quotations spewing out random and inapplicable Te reo in a bid to assert their cultural awareness
This foul beast of despondency and despair affects people in different ways when it shows up. For some, it lurks in the shadows and nips at their subconscious when they least expect it while for others it is there front and centre, all bristling, energy sapping malice
Radical self-love gurus do not tend to promote or even really engage in discussions on privilege or the disadvantages people are born into; that shit would undermine the cause of “changing yourself, not the system.”
When you are vulnerable and down, you have the right to be treated with dignity, respect, compassion, and kindness by whatever government is in power. Don’t you deserve to know you are loved and valued no matter how much profit you are or are not turning over?