“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” (Matthew 5:7) This teaching from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount counsels us to forgive others and we will be forgiven.
As a white person in the U.S., I know there is much that I hope to be forgiven for. Not in order to keep going along on my merry way, benefitting from white privilege in everything. But to be able to see and understand the systemic racism and many, many instances of injustice all around us, and make changes in my life so I can become a vehicle of justice and systemic change. Sometimes we also need to forgive ourselves, so we can find new life and a brand new and justice-inspired way of living.
New World of Equity 