The recent shutdown in our country is opening conversations about attitude shifts on how systems were designed and created the color lines that profit off of the divide and conquer careless mentality. In Philadelphia, we have a heated election for the District Attorney's position. Our current D. A. fired his opponent as part of his transformation from the corrupt Philadelphia district attorney's office to a transparent and accountable district attorney office. Our current D. A. has always been a human rights advocate, who pro-bono for other human rights advocates and holds police accountable. His opponent is backed by Rizzo mentality racist FOP who lives to promote fear by any means necessary. The history in the making is how these social justice attitudes are surfacing like never before. Structural Racism is the concern most are talking around.
What does the removal of hate symbols mean to all of us in shifting attitudes in our country? Are we entering another Reconstruction Era? Can we move forward into a Transformation Era where we unmask who we are and what we would like to be? On the ballot in various states are attitudes towards social changes in our society that some are not willing to accept. The removal of symbols of hate are coming down, much like the conversation on defunding the police is calming down as trust in police is at an all-time low. In Pennsylvania, the power of the governor to act in emergency for all is on the ballot.
On Tuesday, over objections from business and education groups, the Texas House voted to pass a bill “that supporters describe as an effort to keep ‘critical race theory’ from being taught in schools.” Within the last week, the Governor of Oklahoma signed into law House Bill 1775, which restricts the teaching of racism and sexism across Oklahoma’s state universities and public school system. In Tennessee, the General Assembly passed a bill that prohibits discussion of racial or gender-based privilege in public schools and any teaching that “Americans are not created equal.” A late amendment to the Tennessee bill prohibits any teaching that “the rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups.” Join the movement at www.aapf.org
There will always be some resistance to settled ways. The healing process for our country is taking part with the call from organizations to collaborate and build coalitions with like minds and our opposition. We are unmasking ugly truths of our society that a small fraction doesn't want to address for various reasons. Some corporations have been changing their models to be more socially responsible with implicit bias training. The question is do the implicit bias training work to create the shift in attitude from the ugly truths of our society. We all should be at the table to conversate and learn about our diversity and similarities. Models like http://theopenorganization.org/ are growing because our world is transforming into 21st-century technology, like blockchains that are not dependent on systems.
Resistance is part of the change, how we address the resistance is key.
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