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Whether exposing wrongdoing online serves justice or just revenge

I recorded my professor making racist comments in class and I have to decide whether posting it online will create change or just destroy someone's life without helping anyone.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The person struggles to distinguish between accountability that serves justice and punishment that satisfies anger when wielding the power to expose someone.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gandhian satyagraha and nonviolent resistance?”

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