Power Sharing

People who are not affected by (specific) experiences of discrimination and use their privilege to address or redress grievances engage in power sharing. This power sharing can take different forms: For example, when spaces are opened up to allow all perspectives on a situation or circumstance to be heard. Power sharing also includes not derailing individual experiences of discrimination.

Martin Luther King’s (1929-1968) statement, “In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends,” can serve as a guiding principle for power sharing. [“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.”].