As I have been preparing for the start of my new position with CommonBond Communities, as an Employment Services Coach I am feeling a question forming. It is a question shaped by my recent graduate work as well as my commitment to advance justice and equality. It is also formed by the mission of my Church, First Universalist of Minneapolis. The question has been sitting with me for many months – too many months in fact to recall when it first took shape. The question is shaped by increasing awareness of injustice in our economy and globalized market, which values property, wealth, profit and shareholders over humanity. The wording of this question could easily be classified as shaming. I struggle with how to pose this openly. But this is a new starting point in my work life so it seems appropriate to post it now. I would invite anyone who is interested in exploring this question to perhaps explore the question quietly alone or explore it with others with whom they trust.
How do the products, economic advantages or wealth building activities in your life exploit others? Can you identify how others are exploited?
Is it possible to identify specific groups who may be targeted for exploitation for increasing gains in profit?
