"I was able to empathize with others in a way that transcended differences, whether they were skin color, experience, or ethnic background.
I have learned to cherish my existence between two worlds, my difference from others that I meet, and their difference from me. Being different and feeling out of place might be uncomfortable and lone…
"I was able to empathize with others in a way that transcended differences, whether they were skin color, experience, or ethnic background.
I have learned to cherish my existence between two worlds, my difference from others that I meet, and their difference from me. Being different and feeling out of place might be uncomfortable and lonely sometimes, but it also gives you a lot of perspective."
Yes!!! I love this. I am a WSM (White Straight Male) but I grew up feeling like an alien because I was very sensitive, really deep, emotional, and always interested more in transcendent truths than things as myopic and superficial as skin pigment. We all have so much more in common than different, and yet simultaneously we're all unique individuals who are like no one else. We are utterly, totally ourselves. As a kid I made friends from a much lower class than me because I simply connected more with these kinds of people. I found them intriguing, hard-working, authentic and tough in a way I wasn't. I've always made friends who were not white because it was what's inside that matters, not outside. Once you push past the superficial barriers of race and gender and sex and class you get to the same thing: Our common, individual and yet collective humanity.
"I was able to empathize with others in a way that transcended differences, whether they were skin color, experience, or ethnic background.
I have learned to cherish my existence between two worlds, my difference from others that I meet, and their difference from me. Being different and feeling out of place might be uncomfortable and lonely sometimes, but it also gives you a lot of perspective."
Yes!!! I love this. I am a WSM (White Straight Male) but I grew up feeling like an alien because I was very sensitive, really deep, emotional, and always interested more in transcendent truths than things as myopic and superficial as skin pigment. We all have so much more in common than different, and yet simultaneously we're all unique individuals who are like no one else. We are utterly, totally ourselves. As a kid I made friends from a much lower class than me because I simply connected more with these kinds of people. I found them intriguing, hard-working, authentic and tough in a way I wasn't. I've always made friends who were not white because it was what's inside that matters, not outside. Once you push past the superficial barriers of race and gender and sex and class you get to the same thing: Our common, individual and yet collective humanity.