Systems have a huge influence in who we are. They don’t have to define us, but unless we are intentional about addressing the systems we are formed and shaped by, we are a participant in its influence, willingly or not.
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And especially this issue of racism is making a lot of us see that the only way a full racist, an unapologetic racist can emerge is in a culture of racism, a worldview, a county, a city, a state, a neighborhood, a church that already has agreed racism is good. Unless we have a mirror. And I think that’s why most people are called a relationship, or at least solid community. We just are highly capable of illusion. We don't naturally confront our compulsions, our delusions, our shadow self. Now, that’s not the only job of a spiritual director. But if he or she is well trained, they know how to do that in an almost indirect way. I know I had spiritual directors do it with me, not in an accusatory way, but just a questioning way.1