(On anti-Black racism) "transforming organic ignorance into manufactured error" (!!)
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You, all of us, struggle to turn data into information into knowledge and, we hope, into wisdom. In that process we owe everything to others. We owe others our language, our history, our art, our survival, our neighborhood, our relationships with family and colleagues, our ability to defy social conventions as well as support those conventions. All of this we learned from others.
A reasonable man adjusts to his environment. An unreasonable man does not. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man.
The matrix out of which these powerful decisions are born is sometimes called racism, sometimes classicism, sometimes sexism. Each is an accurate term surely, but each is also misleading. The source is a deplorable inability to project, to become the “other,” to imagine her or him.
Zoë Camille wants to read Here is a human being by Misha Angrist
Here is a human being by Misha Angrist
"Misha Angrist, who has a PhD in genetics and an MFA, brings us the first, inside story of the Personal …
Zoë Camille commented on The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
(On anti-Black racism) "transforming organic ignorance into manufactured error" (!!)
Zoë Camille wants to read I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live …
Zoë Camille replied to knizer@bookwyrm.social's status
@knizer@bookwyrm.social Interesting story behind her name! Incidentally, "mayā" in Sanskrit means "by me, with me" (instrumental case).
@knizer@bookwyrm.social Interesting story behind her name! Incidentally, "mayā" in Sanskrit means "by me, with me" (instrumental case).
Zoë Camille wants to read The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, Bessel A. Van Der Kolk
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five …
Zoë Camille wants to read How to Tell When We Will Die by Johanna Hedva
How to Tell When We Will Die by Johanna Hedva
The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our …
Zoë Camille wants to read An Immense World by Ed Yong
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal …
Zoë Camille wants to read Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies …
Zoë Camille started reading The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
Zoë Camille wants to read Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to …
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I am struck by the imagery of the Shekhinah, in particular as summarized in the Introduction. An exiled woman, a disabled refugee, a survivor... she is humiliated, traumatized, and she is with us and will be... "and from the depth of [her] mystery, [she] shares with all who live within [her] sovereignty. [She] yields and retreats, yet touches every living creature. [She] is the eternally effeminate, the displaced and active God in the world." "The Shekhinah represents the place of the psyche as well as God’s active presence everywhere."
I am struck by the imagery of the Shekhinah, in particular as summarized in the Introduction. An exiled woman, a disabled refugee, a survivor... she is humiliated, traumatized, and she is with us and will be... "and from the depth of [her] mystery, [she] shares with all who live within [her] sovereignty. [She] yields and retreats, yet touches every living creature. [She] is the eternally effeminate, the displaced and active God in the world." "The Shekhinah represents the place of the psyche as well as God’s active presence everywhere."