Until you have walked in my shoes...
We like to say this, especially as young adults. "You just don't have a clue as to what I'm dealing with!" or "You can't understand". But secretly, we hope that the other will. We strive to be understood. From business to academia to philanthropy, psychology prevails, helping us to understand how we can better relate to our fellow man.
13 May 2011
09 May 2011
Constructing Hope
No, this is not a post about Barack Obama.
Despite retrospective goggles, it seems amazing sometimes how far our society has come in recent years. Less than 60 years ago, Black Americans were subjected to legalized segregation. Less than 50 years ago, women were treated like true second-class citizens, unable to rent an apartment or hold a job without the consent of a male guardian (father, brother, husband, etc). Less than 20 years ago, homosexuals were being fired on a very regular basis due to their sexual orientation, and until very recently, most Americans thought the idea of two men or two women marrying each other deplorable.
Yet when it come to issues unrelated to the human condition, we are so much more relentless...
Despite retrospective goggles, it seems amazing sometimes how far our society has come in recent years. Less than 60 years ago, Black Americans were subjected to legalized segregation. Less than 50 years ago, women were treated like true second-class citizens, unable to rent an apartment or hold a job without the consent of a male guardian (father, brother, husband, etc). Less than 20 years ago, homosexuals were being fired on a very regular basis due to their sexual orientation, and until very recently, most Americans thought the idea of two men or two women marrying each other deplorable.
Yet when it come to issues unrelated to the human condition, we are so much more relentless...
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