When Effects Are Invisible: From Comfort to Freedom
“When a behavior becomes the norm, we lose our ability to view it as dysfunctional.” Jeff Garson, Reflection #42, Radical Decency (URL temporarily inactive).
“To reinforce the majoritarian dream, the nightmare endured by the minority is erased.” Ta Nehisi Coates, My President Was Black.
What is it that makes the …
If I Were a Rich Man – the Inner Dimension
In last week’s piece, I wrote about what I might do in the world if I had a lot of access to resources while having the same values, sensibilities, and beliefs that I have now.
In answering that question, I skipped over the major issue that values, sensibilities, and beliefs …
If I Were a Rich Man
The question is simple: what would I do now, in this period of human history, and especially as we are all adapting to this new presidency, if I had a lot of access to resources while having the same values, sensibilities, and beliefs that I have?
There is, of …
Miki on race and safety: her first piece at openDemocracy
The global web magazine based in London, UK, openDemocracy has a section called “Transformation – Where love meets social justice.” Miki was recently invited to contribute there and her first piece went up today:
How we talk about race and safety can really make a difference.Check it out! It’s …
Working for Change in a New Era – How?
Accountability, Love, Shame, and Working for Transformation
“All through history, and for many of us in our own experience, there are deeds done, causes furthered, and values proclaimed, that must be regarded as destructive, motivated by hate or greed, harmful to humanity on whatever scale, local or world-wide. These things may all be ‘good’ in the eyes …
You’re Not a Bad Person: How Facing Privilege Can Be Liberating
“Having wealth is unjustified, but the Rockefellers justify it by doing good. I had to cut through all this and understand that there is no rational justification for my family having the amount of money that it has, and that the only honest thing to say in defense of it …
Protecting and Learning in a Time of Hatred
A Nation, Divided, with Liberty and Justice for the Few
I am one of the few people who predicted (not in writing) that Donald Trump would be the 45th president of the US since early in 2016, at a time when everyone else said it was just plain impossible, providing a long list of facts and figures that proved, for …
The Challenge of Connecting Dots
Alice Walton and Jim Walton, children of the Wal-Mart founder, at the 2011 Wal-Mart shareholders meeting. Each has assets of over $30 billion.
by Miki Kashtan
I am often haunted by moral questions or conceptual puzzles, sometimes for years on end. In the last couple of months, I made some …