“The word 'resilience,' in our American culture is closely aligned with 'grit,' and that word implies a certain moral fiber that says you can survive and thrive in any adversity, because you are strong - but that message of strength is both disqualifying and problematic.” CertainCultureStrongMoralMessagesAdversityResilienceThriveAmerican CultureGritFiberMoral Fiber Author:James Redford
“I think everyone understands when these cycles are disrupted, especially in terms of institutionalized poverty, it's always will be difficult - patterns are put into place, and certain behaviors keep getting repeated.” ThinkingCertainDifficultTermPovertyBehaviorPatternsCycles Author:James Redford
