![]() Why is it then so difficult for us to embrace the past and move into a future that has place for all? This video by Riz Ahmed identifies our lack of inclusiveness today: We all know how it feels to be left-out, to be accepted, to belong, to be alienated, don’t we? We don’t have to be a part of any historical movement to know this – we experience this or have experienced this just by virtue of having lived for so long! Our pasts are quite similar – whichever part of the world we have come from we all have been oppressed at different points in time, we all have been oppressors, we have been at an advantage or at a disadvantage and all of these states have been contextual. Thankfully, there are many people in the world expressing their concerns about lack of respect for diversity, lack of representation of diverse cultures and lack of opportunities for everyone. I came across this video, which kind of summarizes my feeling of uncertainty: The world is a lot more unsafe than it was even a year ago, or even a month ago. Luckily, my imagination stayed there but I realized then that this is the reality of today. Unfortunately, even after hearing this my thought was, “What if this is someone attacking us? May be someone’s gone crazy again and now is targeting one of us – and that could be just anyone, whoever the attacker fears at that point in time!” It didn’t start for a while and we heard an announcement that said something is wrong with the electricity and that it might take a while. ![]() Last night the train came to sudden halt at the subway station.
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