#DailyWritingChallenge Day 56: Boldness – Ethical_Leader. Noun. willingness to take risks and act innovatively; confidence or courage; the quality of having a strong, vivid, or clear appearance. Boldness is the opposite of fearfulness. To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks. Boldness may be a property that only certain individuals are able to display. How willing are we to take risks? How confident are we to act innovatively? How courageous are we to stand out? Boldness. I read an article recently with 13 tips on how to be bold and live a fearless life, most of which is my default setting for who I am and how I live: Be authentic, scared and vulnerable. So today I am going to be bold and share the shame I am feeling.
For the last 11 weeks I have regularly said to close friends and family that I feel a deep shame in being English right now, I am embarrassed by the mess that our country is in, I am ashamed of the state of our government. For the last week, I have also been feeling ashamed of being white. Like this: Related. Does it matter if you’re Black or White?
Here we are June 2020… Have things changed? Are we better? Are things better? Is the world cured? Sadly, no. Just remember the events of the world are like a ‘cloud, for some they provide shade, for some they provide darkness. I have been trying to pen this post for a few days now, but struggling to articulate what I want to say.
For a long time, I have been a small voice in addressing the disparity between BAME; Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Educators #BAMEed was borne as a result of this small voice. People of Colour (POC), Global Majority (GM), or whatever your preference is to be referred to as, I mean I long for a day where we are just called by you know, something simple like say, our name. (Just as a side note, Black as a term has always been used politically to signify anybody that isn’t white…) Anyhow, back in 2015, I wrote about whether you could BE ME IN EDUCATION– BeMeinEd. Me. Personal– What does it mean to me?
Personal/Internal: So, what do you do to achieve this? Is that it?