We live in a period when our personal contributions to systemic injustice, many of them unintentional, are becoming increasingly obvious. Our new age of enlightenment has illuminated any number of dark corners that society has long failed (or refused) to notice. Rafiq said he had no interest in shaming individuals, but in exposing the culture of which their actions were a part. We also have to admit – to ourselves, to others – that we’re all susceptible to human nature and human flaws. In our secular society, we’ve let go of many of the rituals that allow us to acknowledge communal wrongdoing and encourage us to seek corporate forgiveness.

Source: The Guardian December 13, 2021 05:33 UTC