Ok, but you also can’t solve societal issues through the lens of personal identity. My friend recently wrote a very powerful piece on that and I agree. She makes a lot of really good points.
“I’m a firm believer in the power of personal responsibility, but there are just some things that can’t be addressed in that way. Most people aren’t even self-aware enough to even be making conscious choices around much of what they do. They are just going along with what the people around them are doing. In fact, the bulk of racism and sexism is not based on out-and-out hatred and acts that are plotted and consciously done. It’s overwhelmingly the result of unconscious bias due to upbringing and environment.
We’ve been trained to focus on ourselves, and our individual fortunes, rather than on how we participate in our culture and how that impacts other people. Not only has this led to a real crisis of loneliness and social isolation, but it has made some people believe that they can distance themselves from the things that are wrong.”
