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We assess, we judge, we categorize—liberal or conservative, safe or unsafe, ally or threat. - [The Power of Differences, Consciousness, and Quantum Physics](https://thesum.org/beyond-bias/) - The Power of Differences Blog Tools Reflections Stories The Power of Differences, Consciousness, and Quantum Physics We live in a world where we’re trained to look quickly, speak quickly, and move quickly past one another. In that world, we rarely see each other. We assess, we judge, we categorize—liberal or conservative, safe or unsafe, - [Sex and Social Justice](https://thesum.org/the-power-of-difference-model-assessment-and-study/) - Sex and Social Justice -- By J. Elliott Cisneros Edited by Cathy Butler I grew up with a lot of unknown and unacknowledged privilege: I was a straight boy--cis-gender, able-bodied, Christian, middle-class, and white. From these “locations” I learned lots of specific, mostly unspoken rules. I was taught that these rules offered the only path - [The Power of Difference Model In-Depth](https://thesum.org/the-power-of-difference-model-in-depth/) - © 2016--All Rights Reserved Carla Sherrell, Ed.D., J. Elliott Cisneros M.Ed.Revised and Updated by J. Elliott Cisneros 9/2019 INTRODUCTION The Power of Difference Model is a tool for understanding how power and our sociocultural differences of race, ethnicity, culture, language, gender, nationality, size, religion/spirituality, ability/disability, sexual orientation, age, and socioeconomic status ## Pages - [HOME](https://thesum.org/) - Measure, explore, & transform your unseen patterns & blind spots around race, religion, class, culture, gender, disability, and sexual orientation! - [Power of Difference Assessment](https://thesum.org/pda/) - THE POWER OF DIFFERENCE ASSESSMENT (PDA) Take the Power of Difference Assessment today, $47.00 CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW We'll give your money back if you're not completely satisfied. 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