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the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.
On the surface, this seems like a success story: one of a student overcoming a deficit and developing a skill that would help him as he made his way through college and into his future career. But the truth is more complex. Raja’s eventual willingness to speak up can also be seen as a story of acculturation—an immigrant kid being forced to reinvent himself to fit into the culture that dominates American educational institutions and middle-class workplaces. This culture places a premium on confidence, assertiveness, and being vocal—skills that, for some readers, will seem universally important and essential for success. And yet there are many communities in which these traits are not rewarded in the same way as they are in the middle-class, professional spaces Raja and I were seeking to enter; indeed, many other cultures prize deference to those who are older and more educated, listening rather than calling attention to oneself, and other community-based forms of interaction.
Moving Up Without Losing Your Way
Jennifer Morton
I am, therefore you are. You are, therefore I am. That is the meaning of the word “interbeing.” We interare.
Being Peace
Thich Nhat Hanh
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