Dancing in the Discomfort Zone with Anne Bonney
Let's face it, life is uncomfortable. Whether it's interacting with other humans (or trying to), going after our goals and improving our lives, or understanding other people's perspectives, preferences and proclivities, being able to face the discomforts in life with courage, compassion, confidence and resilience will make life a lot more enjoyable! So join me as we DANCE IN THE DISCOMFORT ZONE! We'll explore new ideas, learn how to build our confidence, courage and resilience, and laugh a little too, because life is serious enough. We need a little cha cha, and a little ha ha every once in a while! Welcome to the Discomfort Zone with Anne Bonney!
Dancing in the Discomfort Zone with Anne Bonney
IGNITING COURAGE Podcast Episode 87: Courageously trying to understand Cultural Appropriation with Jacqueline Sadashige, PhD
As global citizens who are socially aware, and would like to make the world a better place, it's important to try to understand the things that we do that impact the people around us. Cultural appropriation is one of those things. What does it mean? Am I doing it? I don't mean to. Are people just being too sensitive?
I had these questions too, so I sought out my friend and professor of feminist, gender and race issues at Drexel and UPenn, Jacqueline Sadashige, PhD to answer some of our questions.
Bottom line, it's still confusing, and she shares that she even struggles with some instances in her life. This was very comforting to me because it's not easy, but it is important to continue to try to understand and be sensitive to how what we're doing could be problematic to those around us. Protesting isn't enough. We have to examine what we're doing on a day to day basis, so have a listen to this fascinating and eye opening interview.
And thank you for trying to be an empathetic and understanding person!