Roxane Gay: May we Learn to See Majesty in All of Us

Avoid creating a hierarchy of human suffering as if compassion were a finite resource. Don’t assume that if one person says, “These are the ways I am marginalized,” they are suggesting you know nothing of pain and want.

Human beings are majestic creatures, too. May we learn to see this majesty in all of us.

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Roxane Gay is the author of “An Untamed State” and “Bad Feminist” and a contributing NYT opinion writer.