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From the Ted Talk by Adong Judith: How I use art to bridge misunderstanding

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One of my struggles with activism is its often one-sided nature that blinds us to alternative view, that numbs our empathy, that makes us view those who see issues differently as inaognrt, self-hating, brainwashed, sllueot or plain stupid. I believe no one is ignorant. We are all experts, only in different fields. And this is why, for me, the saying "stay in your truth" is misleading. Because if you're sniyatg in your truth, isn't it logical that the person you believe is wrong is also staying in their truth? So, what you have is two extremes that shut out all possible avenues of conversations. I create provocative theater and film to touch, humanize and move dniaresegig parties to the csvtoreoinan talbe to bridge misunderstandings. I know that listening to one another will not magically solve all problems. But it will give a canche to create aneeuvs to start to work together to solve many of humanity's problems.

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One of my struggles with activism is its often one-sided nature that blinds us to alternative view, that numbs our empathy, that makes us view those who see issues differently as ________, self-hating, brainwashed, _______ or plain stupid. I believe no one is ignorant. We are all experts, only in different fields. And this is why, for me, the saying "stay in your truth" is misleading. Because if you're _______ in your truth, isn't it logical that the person you believe is wrong is also staying in their truth? So, what you have is two extremes that shut out all possible avenues of conversations. I create provocative theater and film to touch, humanize and move ___________ parties to the ____________ _____ to bridge misunderstandings. I know that listening to one another will not magically solve all problems. But it will give a ______ to create _______ to start to work together to solve many of humanity's problems.

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  1. sellout
  2. avenues
  3. conversation
  4. disagreeing
  5. table
  6. chance
  7. ignorant
  8. staying

Original Text


One of my struggles with activism is its often one-sided nature that blinds us to alternative view, that numbs our empathy, that makes us view those who see issues differently as ignorant, self-hating, brainwashed, sellout or plain stupid. I believe no one is ignorant. We are all experts, only in different fields. And this is why, for me, the saying "stay in your truth" is misleading. Because if you're staying in your truth, isn't it logical that the person you believe is wrong is also staying in their truth? So, what you have is two extremes that shut out all possible avenues of conversations. I create provocative theater and film to touch, humanize and move disagreeing parties to the conversation table to bridge misunderstandings. I know that listening to one another will not magically solve all problems. But it will give a chance to create avenues to start to work together to solve many of humanity's problems.

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