Beyond Protests: 5 More Ways to Channel Anger into Action
"A lot of people of color are tired. We're tired of being the unseen and
misunderstood," says Inger E Burnett-Zeigler, a psychologist and
associate professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern
University. She'd like to see more voices at the table. "I think it's
important for everyone, regardless of race, to ask, 'What is my role in
this system?' " she says. Ask yourself, 'Have I been a passive
bystander, and how can I change that? Perhaps it's simply speaking up in
situations where you may have been disinclined to speak up before,"
Burnett-Zeigler says. These tragic events of recent weeks can also
create an opportunity, because people are fired up. Given all the anger
and frustration, experts say there are strategies to channel these
emotions into action.
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