Kevin Larsen 📚#success #twittermigration #twitterexodus #Mastodon #inspiration
"Imagine if we measured success by the amount of safety that people felt in our presence."
Christie Dudley@kevlarsen I find this meme quite disturbing for two reasons.
First, I frequently call people to question their values and what they thought they trusted. I make people feel less safe by calling what they felt was safe into question.
Second, racists make other racists feel safe by keeping those "colored folks" in their place.
Neither of these is what we're after.
MagnaCorpus@longobord @kevlarsen
I'm curious about two things:
1. How are you defining 'success' because the meme obviously doesn't define it and depending on the definition 'success' could be a good thing or a bad thing
2. When you say you call people to question their values, do you mean you're challenging their assumptions/world view and pushing them out of their comfort zone?
I think there's a key difference between feeling safe and feeling comfortable. If you're safe you can still be uncomfortable.
@longobord @kevlarsen I'd encourage everyone (White people especially) to be uncomfortable but to try and provide safety to those who are marginalized or those who have never known safety.
Safety allows for growth and development. Discomfort requires education and adjustment and hopefully leads to enlightenment.