Blacks and Gays: Bridging the Cultural Divide
Both African-Americans and LGBT Americans would do well to recognize and appreciate the diversity within each community. While the LGBT community may bill itself as a cultural mosaic, there is still a feeling among rank-and-file LGBT people that racism (among other types of discrimination like ageism, sexism, and the like) within the community remains a big problem. LGBT organizations have failed to cultivate partnerships with LGBT people of color in order to leverage their expertise, wisdom, and political skill-sets. If LGBT people of color are not engaged in a meaningful way, any efforts to engage the larger African-American community will be ill-fated.
Sammy Rangel “FOURBEARS: Myths of Forgiveness”
FourBears: The Myth of Forgiveness: isn't a simple memoir; it is a graphically illustrated guide from tortured child, to remorseless beast, to healing and change. This book is about helping others find their way out of their history and into the here and now. Proof that what once held you down can now hold you up. After the book reflects on a horrific upbringing it looks to offer key and ground breaking insights of the inner workings of the mind of a victim and later a perpetrator of hate and violence. Service providers working in treatment centers and institutional settings would greatly benefit from this work. Anyone facing issues with forgiveness and change might find a process toward healing and recovery.
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