White People, Let's REALLY Listen
In the wake of the George Floyd video, many of us white people are asking "What can we do to fight racism?".
For starters, we should ask ourselves, "Why did we need to see video before we believed what black people have been saying for centuries?". So let's make a change right there. Let's start with something simple. Let's
"For just as the American Revolution led the way to political, idealistic, and social-cultural revolutions throughout the world, we believe the American vision still embodies the hopes of myriads of people and will set in motion a new revolution, a revolution in human consciousness itself. And Africa's diasporic peoples, who entered the 20th century with the worst image of all of the great peoples of humanity in the collective mind, will again move into the 21st century, the new millennium, with a recognition of being the oldest, the most ancient mother of human races and the father of civilization."
-Edward Bruce Bynum, The African Unconscious: Roots of Ancient Mysticism and Modern Psychology