“She’s capitalizing on her mom’s death.”
“Why is she talking about these journals so much?”
“If these journals are so important, why is she even charging for them? Shouldn’t important things people need be free?”
I’ve heard everything you see above as I’ve marketed the Questions You’ll Wish You Asked journals in the last few weeks.
Why do I let someone talk to me like that, you ask?
The idea that whiteness equals goodness is so insidious that most of us aren't even aware of the thought. But if I can admit that yes, even I have white supremacist thoughts, I can begin to change things. Denial, shame, or self-loathing doesn’t do anything. Self-honesty about my privilege and a commitment to action does.
Why was I so afraid of making mistakes?
It all comes down to the same reason any of us ever do anything, whether it was in high school or now: because of a story I believed.
A “story” is a piece of cultural conditioning, a construct we’ve bought into, or simply a thought that we’ve decided is true about ourselves and life.
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