When Getting Along Is Not Enough Quotes

“Disruptive empathy is a process of engagement that facilitates movement toward a level of open-heartedness and open-mindedness that can take in all that appears to be ‘utterly other’ -- even when, or especially when, the ‘Otherness’ appears in ourselves. … [W]e have to loosen our attachment to the narratives about self and other. We must be willing to be surprised and accept the part of ourselves we previously found embarrassing or shameful.
(p. 66)”
― Maureen Walker, When Getting Along Is Not Enough: Reconstructing Race in Our Lives and Relationships

“Disruptive empathy is...[when we] “take in all that appears to be ‘utterly other’ -- even when, or especially when, the ‘Otherness’ appears in ourselves” (Walker, 2020, p. 66).”
― Maureen Walker, When Getting Along Is Not Enough: Reconstructing Race in Our Lives and Relationships