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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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These efforts honor you, don't stop too early! Your analogy is interesting, it connects to the Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa, for example. But it is only a first step, a rough step. If you want to really understand collective identity and racial tensions,
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This makes sense even if my brain wanted to reject said analogy. And you made it work.
You might like reading John McWhorter, a black man who says some similar things.