We Value Ourselves According to Our Culture

i'v becomes such a profound inquiry. What leads us to forgetting who we are, to judging ourselves so harshly? We can look first to main culprit, the messaging of our culture. I often think of children in school and the message they get that really only left brain intelligence counts. That really pains me. You know, our cultures message of not enough and of badness is particularly toxic for non dominant populations because the messages from the dominant culture are enternalized. And how many come out thinking that they're stupid, that in some way they're inferior? It's very sad.