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Tom's avatar

There is so much truth here. Thank you for writing it and sharing it. The recognition that we are all on a journey of discovering truths about ourselves and the world, and learning how to live within that truth, is so crucial to the justice that so many profess to desire.

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Elizabeth Emery Shemesh's avatar

I grew up in a rigidly Mormon household, left the church, and felt the same kind of sickening recognition when I attended graduate school 10 years later. Theoretically, I was learning to teach, but what I really did was pay about $35,000 to deconstruct my own privilege. Towards the end of the program, I did start speaking up and refusing assignments that I thought were truly bigoted or senseless, but I wish I had done it sooner, knowing what I know now. Thanks for writing about your experience.

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