Vol. 72, Issue 2:Windows, Mirrors and Sliding Glass Doors-Bridging the Divide

Radical empathy, on the other hand, means putting in the work to educate oneself and to listen with a humble heart to understand another’s experience from their perspective, not as we imagine we would feel. Radical empathy is not about you and what you think you would do in a situation you have never been in and perhaps never will. It is the kindred connection from a place of deep knowing that opens your spirit to the pain of another as they perceive it.
– Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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