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Shawn Spilman's avatar

We can sort the people who make up a society in many different ways. Not just by race, but also by gender identity, by wealth or income, by education, even--dare I say it?--by political affiliation. And more. A theme can unite us and bring us together across those differences. That same theme can also divide us and drive us farther apart. All depends on how it is discussed and taught and applied.

My experience with CRT--much like with BLM and the 1619 Project--is that they are being discussed and taught and applied in ways that divide us, not ways that unite us. It does not have to be this way. My concern is that those who seek now to divide us have an agenda and will, like Caesar, seek next to conquer us. Let's not make that easy for them.

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Clinton J. Nunnally's avatar

One very important core psychological phenomenon to keep in mind: From the beginning of our emergence as humans, our minds desire, first, to divide the field. Who is like me, and who is not? Who is safe, and who is dangerous? Who will be my ally, and who will be my enemy? Who is for me, and who is against me? This seems to be where we all start. I suppose this is a survival mechanism. We all have to learn how to move beyond our inclination to first divide, and to move toward the more basic core reality that we are all connected, and that our real safety and strength is in belonging. Unity in the midst of diversity.

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