White exceptionalism, guilt, and shame

I know I've personally felt exceptionalism; living in a bubble and not exploring outside of that bubble. This hasn't always been so, but at one point in my life it was. It came with a desire to do more, and be better. Overtime that drive has been muddled because I left that bubble to explore new things, but I have to remind myself where I am, and where I have been if I am to move forward and not go into a cycle of guilt, shame, or ego.

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