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So many people are susceptible to that, whenever someone questions something they said or did, people automatically take it as a referendum on, ‘am I a good person or not?’ and the response is, ‘how dare you question me, I’m a good person!’ And it’s not about whether you’re a good person; prejudice and privilege and the blind spots they create, these are things good people are going to struggle with all their lives. We’re all human beings, we’re all going to be prone to having blind spots and preconceived notions – that’s the nature of being human, we’re imperfect. This attitude that, ‘I’m a good person, therefore I shouldn’t be questioned on things’ is kind of like, ‘my bathroom is clean, so I don’t need to clean my bathroom.’ We’re always going to gravitate toward having these flaws and misconceptions, and it’s impossible for us to always be aware of how our privilege is affecting our worldview and our actions. The key to being a ‘good person’ is to constantly challenge yourself and be open to being challenged, and to respond to criticism with humility.

Jay Smooth, from an interview with Feministing

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