As for how to deal with the constant barrage of biased and often hurtful messages, Pooja suggests taking time to acknowledge how hard that task truly is. “Even when you intellectually know that you want to come from a more inclusive, compassionate stance, you have to start by recognizing up front what you are working through. For many of us, that is decades of talking to ourselves in a certain way based on how we have been treated. On top of that there are centuries of racism, sexism, ableism, and all of the -isms. Before you start to go interior, I think it is always important to preface
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