This assignment asks students to reflect on Rabbi Sacks’ statement about listening and being open to others’ perspectives, and to consider how this relates to the concepts of White privilege and racial microaggressions.

Rabbi Sacks said “we must learn to listen and be prepared to be surprised by others…we must even, at times, be ready to hear of their pain, humiliation and resentment and discover that their image of us is anything but our image of ourselves” (p. 89). Combined with the supplemental readings on White privilege and racial microaggressions, how do you think of the statement?