Nat<p>Discrimination, and all other forms of <a href="https://kind.social/tags/dehumanization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dehumanization</span></a>, make us experience and internalize <a href="https://kind.social/tags/shame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shame</span></a> —painful, humiliating shame, which we try to hide and suppress so that we can experience <a href="https://kind.social/tags/belonging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belonging</span></a>.</p><p>And when we aren't capable of sitting with the massive discomfort of shame—turning a light on the parts of ourselves that evolved to be invisible—we cannot grow, apologize, take <a href="https://kind.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a>, or acknowledge how we contribute to <a href="https://kind.social/tags/systemicharm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemicharm</span></a>. </p><p>3/</p>