THE HUMANITY PORTFOLIO
2013
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON
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Any dominant culture in a society
has shaped optics
that sees the world
exclusively
according to
THEIR values + THEIR needs
-which are then translated into external structures:
systems, institutions, consciousness,
semiotics and laws
that upholds a specific
crystallized
worldview.
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And, then there is the “other”,
the outside, the foreign, the feared,
that does not resonate
with the dominant culture’s optics.
The “other” is deemed invisible; less than, aberrant; threatening, etc.
A dynamic is established to keep the “other” blind, begging and blamed.
The “other” can be in multiples in a society,
yet,
their presence is cancelled.
WHITEWASHED.
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The shaped optics are rigid
and
are held with a tight, death grip
-blindly, gripping
because of the terror of dissolution
of the withstanding power matrix
-the signifier identity of a dominant culture.
No dialogue.
No empathy.
No courage.
No invitation to the table,
welcoming and praising
of how God’s gifts
are shaped in a wide + deep spectrum
of diverse blooms.
A dominant culture sees their optics and practices as right,
and
cannot empathize with the “other”.
There is no incentive/motivation/purpose
to understand,
participate
and
acknowledge
the reality of the “other”.
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Losing control is a visceral FEAR of a dominant culture
and
judgement of the “other”
is a practice of differentiating the “other”
that protects the exclusivity/privilege
upheld by the the dominant culture.
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The dominant culture defines normal.
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The dominant culture does not have to be the majority of a population.
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The shaped optics are a contortion/distortion
that becomes imprinted
in the heart and spine of the individual
and
the society as whole.
The practice of the other “wishing” they had the bluest eye;
did not limp; did not live in a chair;
did not wear the color of skin they were born in
sows the cruel seeds of inhumanity.
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The dominant culture steals freedom of one’s birthright:
breath.
Yahweh.
Inhale.
Exhale.
8.
And, then there is an exquisite r/evolution
where the humanity of humanity
seizes
and
the breath of life expands.
Calling out the truth.
Calling out the truth.
Calling out the truth.
I SEE YOU.
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CATHERINE L. JOHNSON
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