Yes, I have talked about this with a friend and how the stories are so overwhelming that they have to be taken in small doses sometimes. I am fairly tough and watch a lot of documentaries and films on the Holocaust and I thought I knew Black History. Knowing and feeling are very different things. My friend who is a few episodes ahead of…
Yes, I have talked about this with a friend and how the stories are so overwhelming that they have to be taken in small doses sometimes. I am fairly tough and watch a lot of documentaries and films on the Holocaust and I thought I knew Black History. Knowing and feeling are very different things. My friend who is a few episodes ahead of me in The Underground Railroad, told me that my visceral experience in the first of the film is a torrent of violence against black people and if I can just stay with it, it will not be so violent, but what it teaches me will stick to my ribs forever. We do need to stop talking and start listening and witnessing the pain. It is our duty if we truly want to bring people of color into equality. We need to know their stories, their feelings and stop their persecution across the board. We need to Stand by Them and not be complicit. The only people who do not see color must be blind people. We have never walked this path, but I am sure we can do it if we are respectful, agree that we know nothing, be empty, listen hold hands and walk together. White folk might need to be carefully taught.
Yes, I have talked about this with a friend and how the stories are so overwhelming that they have to be taken in small doses sometimes. I am fairly tough and watch a lot of documentaries and films on the Holocaust and I thought I knew Black History. Knowing and feeling are very different things. My friend who is a few episodes ahead of me in The Underground Railroad, told me that my visceral experience in the first of the film is a torrent of violence against black people and if I can just stay with it, it will not be so violent, but what it teaches me will stick to my ribs forever. We do need to stop talking and start listening and witnessing the pain. It is our duty if we truly want to bring people of color into equality. We need to know their stories, their feelings and stop their persecution across the board. We need to Stand by Them and not be complicit. The only people who do not see color must be blind people. We have never walked this path, but I am sure we can do it if we are respectful, agree that we know nothing, be empty, listen hold hands and walk together. White folk might need to be carefully taught.
Preach, sister.