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Old 12-08-2009, 10:45 PM
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What I mean is the shift from admiring someone to taking up that person's cause. It takes a lot more effort and usually requires sacrifice.
Anyone in a position of privilege (whether race, class, gender, etc.) needs to at a minimum be making an honest attempt to see the world from the other perspective and reflecting that consciousness in their lives. That is simple morality (and morality usually does require effort and sacrifice).
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Anyone in a position of privilege (whether race, class, gender, etc.) needs to at a minimum be making an honest attempt to see the world from the other perspective and reflecting that consciousness in their lives. That is simple morality (and morality usually does require effort and sacrifice).
You know because you're doing it in your own life. I don't know that it's a given.

ETA: It just hit me that you said "simple" morality! Girl...
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