
Are
you one of
those that just watches from the fence? Keeping your life to yourself . . guarding
yourself with the fence? Remaining ethnocentric . . . and

. . . as part of the crowd (hanging out with people only like
you - culturalized like
you) observing and judging and making conclusions about the "other" cultures that are different
. . . not like yours . . .

. . . thinking that because they are "different" and don't do life like
you do life, or wear the clothes that
you wear or worship God like
you worship God - then
you won't get close -
you're better than they are so, out of
your fear,
you judge them in order to
create and
keep a division . . .
so that
you don't have to deal with the differences . . .
. . . and then you never think of becoming a Bridge Builder . . . because you have made a judgment . . . because you only watch from the other side of the fence. . .
More on bridge building here and here and here and here.
Ethnocentricty - Building Bridges
http://lylahledner.blogspot.com/2008/02/ethnocentricty-building-bridges.html
3 comments:
Wow !! Another great post ! I love the way you see these things in every day life !! An inspiration, that's what you are !
Love it, Lylah - well done!
Love it, Lylah - well said.
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