Comments on: Conflict Avoidance as Othering https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/05/30/conflict-avoidance-as-othering/ A Global Immersion Site Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Scott Rasmussen, JOH-23 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/05/30/conflict-avoidance-as-othering/#comment-294 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:21:21 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1352#comment-294 Hannah I have thought about your experience with the billboard and the phone call every day since you shared it. I have always described myself as conflict avoidant and I have wondered if I could do what you did in that situation. Thank you for sharing your experience and for your courage to step into that discomfort.

And your description of the difference between harm and discomfort -wow. That stings right to the core. That is really opening my eyes to how often my othering is generated by my own discomfort. Now you’ve given me something else to think about until we talk again. Thank you!

]]> By: Jen Manlief https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/05/30/conflict-avoidance-as-othering/#comment-291 Wed, 31 May 2023 03:21:08 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1352#comment-291 Hannah, this is amazing! I am so thankful for your story of pushing into being uncomfortable, getting curious and engaging. And also that it doesn’t tie up neatly with a bow- that “it didn’t change minds”. This causes me to investigate my internal colonizer, that wants to change minds and win people over and that the “right” result is when they see the error of THEIR ways and agree with me. Thank you for this example of building bridges- and that it doesn’t happen in one conversation.

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