Fire With Water

I think that suffering has always been with us. It was in the past and it will be in the future. Sometimes you are the victim, some times you are the oppressor. Most of the time you are both in some ways – I may be an oppressor by paying my taxes to Israeli government, and I’m a victim of these systems at the same time. And every one of us is like that. Of course it is important for us to try to change our reality out of responsibility – not blame or pity. What is important is how we carry suffering, and how we deal with it in life.

Guy Davidi, Israeli activist and co-director of 5 Broken Cameras (the film from yesterday’s post), in an interview with Latoya Peterson of Racialicious. The entire interview is phenomenal, and I highly encourage you to go read it!