When your truth is so inherently questioned, it is easier to say nothing than anything at all. - Roxane Gay

To change the world, we need to face what has become of it. To heal from a trauma, we need to understand the extent of it.

When people wield accusations of privilege, more often than not, they want to be heard and seen. Their need is acute, if not desperate, and that need rises out of the many historical and ongoing attempts to silence and render invisible marginalized groups. Must we satisfy our need to be heard and seen by preventing anyone else from being heard and seen? Does privilege automatically negate any merits of what a privilege holder has to say? Do we ignore everything, for example, that white men have to say?

The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.