{"id":400,"date":"2023-11-23T23:08:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T23:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/?page_id=400"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:59:25","slug":"blog-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/index.php\/blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider\"><span class=\"et_pb_background_pattern\"><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Blog<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 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href=\"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/jane-elliott-and-the-origins-of-systemic-racism-how-racism-became-a-system\/\" class=\"entry-featured-image-url\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jane-elliott-blog-nordi-hikari-site.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Jane Elliott and the Origins of Systemic Racism: How Racism Became a System\" class=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jane-elliott-blog-nordi-hikari-site.png 479w, https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jane-elliott-blog-nordi-hikari-site-400x250.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" \/><span data-icon=\"\ue050\" class=\"et_overlay et_pb_inline_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/jane-elliott-and-the-origins-of-systemic-racism-how-racism-became-a-system\/\">Jane Elliott and the Origins of Systemic Racism: How Racism Became a System<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\"><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Explore Jane Elliott\u2019s views on racism and learn how racial divisions became embedded in American laws and institutions, from colonial Virginia and Bacon\u2019s Rebellion to systemic racism today.<\/p>\n<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/nordihikari.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/jane-elliott-and-the-origins-of-systemic-racism-how-racism-became-a-system\/\" class=\"more-link\">read more...<\/a><\/div><\/article><article class=\"et_pb_post et_pb_post_id_942 clearfix et_pb_blog_item_0_1 post-942 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog tag-confidence tag-maya-angelou-poems tag-maya-angelou-quotes tag-resilience tag-self-worth tag-still-i-rise-analysis tag-still-i-rise-meaning\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_container\"><a 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Resilience and Self Worth<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"post-meta\"><\/p><div class=\"post-content\"><div class=\"post-content-inner\"><p>Maya Angelou's Still I Rise is one of the most recognized poems about resilience, confidence, and refusing to let other people determine your worth. 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