"Someone who is asking why something is hurtful and trying to understand a group that they just don't have any experience in, however, is taking the leap to be better than who they are."
The above quote comes from a blog post about discussing issues of oppression and privilege. The entire blog post can be found here: When activism becomes what it shouldn't... (http://worthyadvisor.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/when-activism-becomes-what-it-shouldnt/)
The author, Gina Pond (http://worthyadvisor.wordpress.com/about/), is a mentor of mine, a Christian-Wiccan, seminarian, ordination candidate, and founder of Between the Worlds Wiccan Christian Church (http://worthyadvisor.wordpress.com/480-2/).