1/ Some of us see a New America being born - multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial, even multisexual. We think "Wow, how cool!" because we see it as the full actualization of America's highest destiny: unity in diversity with an extraordinary richness of talent and creativity.
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2/ But what to some of us seems like an exciting prospect seems to others like a psychic annihilation of sorts, a destruction of a homogeneity that they've always identified with & which they see as the source of their authority and power. That's the contest that underlies it all

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3/ Many changes are long overdue. But they represent such dramatic shift in the minds of so many that it behooves us to be patient & magnanimous, even towards those who were neither of those things towards us. Change takes time to process & people need to feel safe as they do it.
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4/ That doesn't mean we should slow down!! No! We need to keep persevering, never letting up, especially now that the fruits of our fervor are beginning to appear. But on a personal level, the more loving & peaceful we keep the protests, the less chance of a backlash in Nov.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The US is actually experiencing its foretold dystopia
Replying to @marwilliamson
Sounds like Spiral Dynamics!
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Replying to @marwilliamson
You hit the nail on the head
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No. I'm actually all for diversity. But to say that diversity is definied not by a diversity of ideas, but a diversity of skin colours is a very materialistic way of looking at it. So if this revolution brings more people of different ethnic backgrounds in the conversation, but
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Well that’s certainly a frighteningly simplistic way of looking at it.