https://contemporaryracism.org/3639/radical-black-love-is-the-counternarrative/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/3639/radical-black-love-is-the-counternarrative/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:13:30 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3639#comment-939 This really is uplifting and inspiring. It reminds me of the difference between the core of the cycle of socialization to the core of the cycle of liberation – moving from the fear, ignorance, confusion, and insecurity that perpetuates the cycle of an anti-Black system to self-love, self-esteem, balance, joy, support, security, and spiritual base that centers a liberated mindset. From my place, even after acknowledging the existence of racism in the system and the negativity we (White people) put on Black people it doesn’t immediately register that this also is a system perpetuating internalized racism. It’s important for me not to just acknowledge the masternarrative but to add to the positive energy that celebrates these counternarratives and I can do that by surrounding myself by more voices and thoughts and ideas of people of color, as we tend to learn from what we surround ourselves with.

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