When we are more energized by the practice of blaming than we are by e…

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When we are more energized by the practice of blaming than we are by efforts to create transformation, we not only cannot find relief from suffering, we are creating the conditions that help keep us stuck in the status quo ✨ Bell Hooks (2013). Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice, p.29, Routledge
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