Barb Thomas, "Learning from Discomfort: A Letter to My Daughters"
I included this article in order to have us think about our own defensiveness, resistances, discomfort and hopefully to provide some insights and tools to help us not get stuck in a negative place.
1. Does this article help you see/understand your reactions to any of the preceding articles in this chapter differently? How?
2. What in your growing up affected your learning about the world? What major influences/events shaped how you understand the world?
3. Where does your understanding of racism? Sexism?Ablism?Class?Heterosexism and homophobia? Gender identity? come from?
4. Do you find Thomas's five ideas at the end of the article useful?