The events of the past several weeks in the Middle East, and the resulting ripples of fear and violence that are happening throughout the U.S. and around the world, brought our team together to reflect and support each other.
Discussing these difficult issues with respect and nuance in a diverse group is challenging. We shared our own personal stories of the various ways the identities we hold, and the relationships we hold dear, have at times led us to live in fear. We also acknowledged that these different identities and experiences can be in tension with one another. We are doing our best to take the time to listen and understand our differing points of view. In hard moments, we lean on our collective desire to make the world a better and safer place as a point of common ground.
We all agreed that no person should have to live in fear, especially not because of their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, or where they live. This applies to Jews and Muslims whose suffering and discrimination are being covered in the news today, but also every other oppressed community around the world. There are sadly so many we can’t list them here in full, but they include the fear and discrimination faced by African Americans and Asian Americans in this country, which our team also directly experiences.
Divisiveness is on the rise around the world. We want to swim against this current. We want to be people who encounter differences in a way that makes us reflect and challenge our previously held beliefs about the world rather than people who find new ways to protect and defend those beliefs at any cost. We want to be part of creating a society that truly values, and benefits from, diversity by being quick to engage in thoughtful discussion that assumes the best about our common humanity, even when (especially when) it’s hard.
We are swimming hard toward a better future, and we know that you, our community, are too. That’s what gives us hope.
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