11 May 2015

A Pagan view of compassion

With compassion very much at the forefront of our minds at the moment, we are pleased to read this personal view from a Pagan, though all the conclusions may not fit with our own views.  Do please follow the link - there's much food for thought.

Yvonne Aburrow says in it:

"But recently I have become aware that my “bubble of complacency” may actually be a bubble of white privilege. Part of white privilege is the ability to walk down the street without being suspected of a crime, to get a job based on one’s qualifications, to get a house without being discriminated against by the seller, the estate agent, or the person renting it to you. In short, these are actually rights that everybody should have access to. White privilege is also the inheritance of wealth and resources stolen from colonised countries and enslaved people – again, something that the descendants of those people should be entitled to, but are still denied, due to the lack of a will to offer or even discuss reparations."


A bubble of complacency

No comments:

Post a Comment

We welcome your enquiry and like to converse. This is where we set out some of what we offer. If you don't like what you read, scroll on by. We reserve the right to disregard unappreciative audiences.
Any personal email addresses supplied in your comments will be removed from posts during the moderation process to protect your data.