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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Perhaps this is simply a psychology vs. sociology point of view.
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Lesson 1) Racism 101: It is really never that simply. Willie Lynch papers suggest that... I think Plessy vs. Fergeson with the US Supreme Court also discuss that... Possibly the Fugitive Slave Act.
Lesson 2) If you neglect KNOWING your past, you will be doomed to repeat it in the future. We have all just experienced another act that is now being "contrived" as racist in NYC (The shot and killed groom). I just had a young AfAm man tell me how shocked he is. And now, I am barely beginning to understand why, because I am not shocked--more like surprised by folks response to the incident as "what did you expect"? That is the nature of white supremacy and that is what hate does. Once we understand it, dissect it, study it, examine it, research it, and possibly find a treatment option for it, then we can begin to more beyond the humanity of people of color to the spiritual realm...
All I know is that it takes an enlightened person...