If you are mistreated, do you want to listen to those who mistreat you? Is it always wise to listen to those that mistreat you?
There are good people in the world that don’t want to mistreat you. Claim to be able to ideally divest from perception of mistreated in the past, should listen to someone unrelated that is partial to, invested in same system, practices, and procedures that lead to mistreatment in the past?
Oppression and mistreatment does not A support for the future is hard to fully appreciate. Mistreated in past has potential to make bias harder, requirement to be actively invested in bias reduction which is stressful in its own right.
If you have been mistreated in the past, let others force you to stand in line? Reinforce same value out as in the past, or is that just how it is perceived?
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