XXIII — Much Better — You People — we people

I just finished watching the Netflix movie: You People.

This afternoon I completed eight hours of training (following six hours or “white bodies” training the day before) with Resmaa Menakem.

My tears erupted late in the movie — when it turned from doom and gloom to “redemption”. It’s message, in the end, was romantic, and hopeful — after exposing so much about myself George, a cis-gendered, privileged white man in my world of whiteness so incredibly deeply.

Resmaa Menakem’s message was deep, and my path, if I seriously pursue it, is one of circling back, over and over and over again. I must practice very seriously with two (future) fellow (white) partners — Somatic Abolitionism. My and our work — relies upon (against the odds greatly) white bodies, like myself, finally seriously rejecting most actively — so, so much — of the core parts of our lives — our white supremacy.

It would be so easy, if we could simply — figuratively swear on our bibles (or facsimiles) — and pursue a path of — “non-racialized being”, a fantasy like acting out of a (potential) distant — post-racialist world.

I, and we, the white bodies, need to do our work — digging deeply into the path of — transforming — the white supremacy culture — “winning out” — over both the apathetic participants in the status quo, and the forces — fighting to maintain their oppressive power.