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Letter to my Opressors
Dear Opressors, I never quite got so much as an apology from you for the discrimination inflicted on me repeatedly, but I forgive you. When last I communicated with you, with an open heart, I felt brushed off and that really hurt. After so many years of shared experiences, to be brushed off like that…
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Empathy or No Empathy
“This very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” Selective empathy is on the rise. Fritz Breithaupt, in his book, “The Dark Sides of Empathy”, explores one’s ability to empathize with others as also a…
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UC Problems Continue
Although my visit to the Philippines pushed me a little out of my comfort zone by forcing me to viscerally experience the conditional differences between a third world country and my first world life, my first world problems still awaited me back home. I still hold onto the gratitude that I am in a good…