Those of us who have faced the lethal force of systemic racism have also learned something else in the American story. We can be wounded healersThe systemic racism that killed George Floyd has taken untold souls from us for over 400 years. Those of us who have faced the lethal force of systemic racism have also learned something else in the American story. When hands that once picked cotton have joined together with white hands and Native hands, brown hands and Asian hands, we have been able to fundamentally reconstruct this democracy. If we take time to listen to this nation’s wounds, they tell us where to look for hope.

Source: The Guardian May 30, 2020 12:56 UTC