Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

I mean, Lewis, why don't you, I mean, if you don't mind, like I'd love to know from you, like you have acknowledged publicly on many occasions how you struggle with this for years, but you have moved through that. How has that been for you when you weren't able to forgive and now, would you say that you can forgive now?

Exactly.

Exactly.

But you're validated in society for holding it. As you say, like if you hold on and you go, yeah, they shouldn't have posted that post. They're wrong. Your friends will often support you. Yeah, they shouldn't have done it. But what we don't, and I used to be that person, so I'm not judging. I just know what it's like to not live like that anymore.

But you're validated in society for holding it. As you say, like if you hold on and you go, yeah, they shouldn't have posted that post. They're wrong. Your friends will often support you. Yeah, they shouldn't have done it. But what we don't, and I used to be that person, so I'm not judging. I just know what it's like to not live like that anymore.

Chapter five in this book is called Take Less Offense. And I say many of us have an over-reliance on being right. And I make the case in that book, I talk about the George Floyd death. That's how I opened that chapter. And I kind of explain how it affected me and then what I chose to share on social media and how I got attacked for it.

Chapter five in this book is called Take Less Offense. And I say many of us have an over-reliance on being right. And I make the case in that book, I talk about the George Floyd death. That's how I opened that chapter. And I kind of explain how it affected me and then what I chose to share on social media and how I got attacked for it.

Because if you remember when the George Floyd death made headline news around the world, it was during COVID. We were in lockdowns. I was in the UK. We were in a lockdown. And this event happened. Horrible event, tragic event, just to be really clear. And it brought up all kinds of feelings for me. Now, I'm a Brit, right? I was born and brought up in the UK. I've got Indian immigrant parents.

Because if you remember when the George Floyd death made headline news around the world, it was during COVID. We were in lockdowns. I was in the UK. We were in a lockdown. And this event happened. Horrible event, tragic event, just to be really clear. And it brought up all kinds of feelings for me. Now, I'm a Brit, right? I was born and brought up in the UK. I've got Indian immigrant parents.

I'm not American, right? I haven't lived in America and know the history of this country, right? So I understand that, right? I have to say this is... I'm just watching it from the outside. But nonetheless, whatever the narrative was at the time... brought up things for me, and I wanted to share my view on social media, right?

I'm not American, right? I haven't lived in America and know the history of this country, right? So I understand that, right? I have to say this is... I'm just watching it from the outside. But nonetheless, whatever the narrative was at the time... brought up things for me, and I wanted to share my view on social media, right?

Like you, I have a large platform, and I felt like I wanted to contribute to this public voice. I don't always comment on public things. In fact, it's quite rare for me, but I felt like I wanted to. I thought about some of the things that my family had experienced when they came to the UK, and I also thought about something my wife told me when she was a little girl living in the north of England.

Like you, I have a large platform, and I felt like I wanted to contribute to this public voice. I don't always comment on public things. In fact, it's quite rare for me, but I felt like I wanted to. I thought about some of the things that my family had experienced when they came to the UK, and I also thought about something my wife told me when she was a little girl living in the north of England.

She can still remember one afternoon when a local nationalist party threw a brick through their window and told them to get out. And she was just watching TV, I think, and suddenly a brick smashes the window and comes in. That is traumatic. That is really scary. So two or three days after George Floyd's death, I shared a well thought out post on Instagram.

She can still remember one afternoon when a local nationalist party threw a brick through their window and told them to get out. And she was just watching TV, I think, and suddenly a brick smashes the window and comes in. That is traumatic. That is really scary. So two or three days after George Floyd's death, I shared a well thought out post on Instagram.

I explained my perspective and I also shared the impact that racism can have and some of the things that came up for me. And I shared that example of what happened to my wife. And There was a small section who started to take offense at what I said and were attacking me and saying, you shouldn't be commenting. This is not your place. This is a black issue. This is not an Asian issue.

I explained my perspective and I also shared the impact that racism can have and some of the things that came up for me. And I shared that example of what happened to my wife. And There was a small section who started to take offense at what I said and were attacking me and saying, you shouldn't be commenting. This is not your place. This is a black issue. This is not an Asian issue.

And initially I was like, oh, have I done something wrong here? Like I was trying to put out a really careful, kind, considered post to try and contribute to this big public conversation. Initially, I thought I did something wrong. And then I meditated on it, Lewis. I thought about it and I thought,

And initially I was like, oh, have I done something wrong here? Like I was trying to put out a really careful, kind, considered post to try and contribute to this big public conversation. Initially, I thought I did something wrong. And then I meditated on it, Lewis. I thought about it and I thought,

wait a minute, I'm not signed up to any code of conduct that determines how I can or cannot react to the death of an individual 3000 miles away. I'm perfectly entitled to share my truth the way I see it. And I kind of feel that many of us these days are walking around taking offense to everything. And it comes at a cost, right? Because people need to understand Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.