When I grapple with the complex issues I teach,
I find myself breaking it down to
three questions.
Should I care,
should I do anything,
and what should I do.
I do care.
I care about the injustices
in the world
and to varying degrees
I feel as if I should do something.
I want to do something for others
and their inequalities
and injustices.
Sometimes I just don’t know what
to say,
to do,
or how to begin.
Sometimes I care
and I want to do something
I just don’t know what.
Sometimes I need to sit and listen
to the ideas and needs of
the ones I want to fight for.
I need to listen to those who
understand the cultural,
political,
economic,
spiritual,
sociological
and other complexities
which
shape what I call an injustice.
More importantly I need to listen
to see if others even consider
what concerns me
to be an issue.
What appears to be an injustice to me
may not be to others.
That can be so frustrating,
but then I remember people
do not see my inequalities
as inequalities.
They do not see my injustices
as injustices.
I grapple with that as well