You are going to need to do this one in chunks. There is so much here.

Content warning. There is talk of trauma. I myself have a trauma history, and was not negatively activated, but there were times when the usual hearkening back to old experiences to better understand and incorporate were especially poignant.

As well, the way Krista led the discussion re Mr. Moore’s difficult past was, as always, problematic. For me, unlike the discussion of trauma, that *was* activating. There is always something about the poverty and oppression voyeurism of some white people when they talk of the very places I came up; there is something unsavory, and added to that, she alludes to exceptionalism in her dialog with Mr. Moore; I was gratified that he did not take the bait.

I want to push this out so badly, I will add more of my reflections in the comments. I really don’t want to unduly influence you, but I *do* want you to take all that you have learned and gleaned from these last months of RE and keep them firmly in mind as you read.

Same guidelines: read the transcript; *listen to the unedited version*; note differences and omissions between the two; keep a keen eye out for dynamic and word choices between Krista and Mr. Moore, including who is working harder to stay in the car; something new–let’s talk about courage. However that plays out in the conversation.

No reacts; thoughtful and considered comments only.

Let’s go!