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For a long time I struggled with how to make sense of the long standing racial tensions. I didn't know how to *process* collective identity at all. I still kind of don't - collective identity feels really nonsensical to me. But it *is* a frame that other people are using, so
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I tried to use my own frame (analogy of father-son) to help me make sense of how to process and respond to the feeling of collective identity (and injustice and healing).
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In all fairness, you use it, too. Every time you post about prostitution, polyamory, or men's rights, your are voicing the grievances of a group to which you are at least somewhat sympathetic. We all feel at least a tinge of collective identity, bad as we think it is.