If passive objects bother you, it’s because you let them bother you--and that’s on you. It is not your fault some racist back in the 1930s paid for a statue of Stonewall Jackson because he wanted to intimidate black people. But it’s your responsibility to keep it from affecting the things you want to do to be successful.
By taking responsibility for your own state of mind, you abandon the idea of victim hood, the concept that other people are capable of holding you back and that society is fixed to prevent you from succeeding.
The victimhood mentality is completely incompatible with the sense of responsibility that creates success. It’s a handicap, but unlike a physical or mental disability, it’s avoidable. …
The victimhood mentality is like black mold in the basement of a house--once even a little bit takes hold, it starts to spread and eat away at structures. And there is only one person who can really protect you from its deleterious affects: you.
No Safe Spaces, edited by Dennis Prager and Mark Joseph, pg.235
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