And what you say about massage and feeling people's bodies stiff in fight-or-flight mode brings it viscerally home for me, too.
The fact that my, and other White people's, obliviousness is part of the oppression and danger is deeply painful, but there's nothing to do about that except shed the obliviousness and work for a better future, even though nothing I can do on my own will erase the oppression and pain...
I liked Zootopia too, especially small moments of it, like the sloths and the tiny mob boss. And I loved Shakira's song--I ended up buying it. (I love Shakira.) But I was uncomfortable with the fact that if you mapped Zootopia onto the real world, then its ultimate plot twist and ultimate Big Bad suggest that the deepest danger is from scheming, plotting oppressed-group members trying to overthrow a happy society.
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Date: 2018-02-14 01:29 pm (UTC)The fact that my, and other White people's, obliviousness is part of the oppression and danger is deeply painful, but there's nothing to do about that except shed the obliviousness and work for a better future, even though nothing I can do on my own will erase the oppression and pain...
I liked Zootopia too, especially small moments of it, like the sloths and the tiny mob boss. And I loved Shakira's song--I ended up buying it. (I love Shakira.) But I was uncomfortable with the fact that if you mapped Zootopia onto the real world, then its ultimate plot twist and ultimate Big Bad suggest that the deepest danger is from scheming, plotting oppressed-group members trying to overthrow a happy society.