Good day, family. May peace, health, and every branch of lovingkindness be known to be ours.

Let me clearly state that in order for us to become simply people again we will individually and collectively have to face and weed out the racist supremacist ideas that have been planted in us which have made us ALL take on the unconsciously functional identity of White and then other – BIPOC.

When we begin to see each other as PEOPLE there will be zero concern about being minority or majority. We will finally be able to work together without anxiety.

I will continue to speak and work FOR this to become reality.

A public speaker once invited anyone who wanted to engage in conversation about racism in North America to converse with them. They were focused on sharing the idea that Euro-descended people were in danger of being marginalized because of Affirmative Action, and social justice movements for equity.

They became very angry when I insisted that Western wealth was built on the backs of Afro-descended people. They were happy to hear that I did not support Affirmative Action although we had different reasons for not supporting Affirmative Action. I believe that it is a policy which whitewashes the reality of ongoing inequity. He believed that it was putting Euro-descended people at a disadvantage which was jeopardizing his children’s future.

Another person associated with them suggested that it was their experience that Afro-descended people could not be trusted to manage funding in their communities because they misused and misappropriated funds.

When I was operating a nonprofit organization on my own and seeking funding they continued to suggest that I was failing to live within my means because I was looking for funding to operate.

They remain staunch in these beliefs even though the nonprofit work to which they are connected operated by seeking funding through donations to function while I was raising all my funding by working WHILE operating.

Although in many ways they were kind and neighbourly and once considered friends they fail to see how their various beliefs informed our interactions, their idea of whom I SHOULD be, and how they could save me.

We need to understand that the sick system of White Supremacy feeds this fear and hero mentality because they do not see us all as equals who are equally capable of living well when investments are made in us all.

The paternalism of White Supremacy sees Whites as providers and managers and stewards while the rest of us are labourers to support the system.

Therefore in relationships with non-Whites there is huge fear of being unable to provide which creates perpetual anxiety, fear, and a deeply held unconscious scarcity mindset.

This all creates significant barriers to being consistently good neighbours and friends with the ability to see each other as just people working together to build and maintain a thriving ecosystem.

It is even worse when immersed in Christianity in the Western World which is also deeply rooted in paternalism and supremacy.