Deep gratitude for this. It is so incredibly important and empowering to recognize and understand the longstanding cultural and ancestral traumas which, on a continuum, impact us all.
This is the legacy of what author, activist, poet bell hooks accurately framed as “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” — something which none of us remain untouched by.
The gift in truly and deeply understanding ancestral and cultural trauma is that it frees us to experience compassion rather than contempt, judgment, and returning dehumanization and hatred with more of the same.
And it opens the door to our own deeper healing, unburdening, and transformation — the ripples of which support us in grounding ourselves in fierce love. 🙏💜 Molly
Finding ways to have compassion for Trump supporters is essential to resolving our differences. But, how can we do that when they are so often in their worst behavior?
Here are three maps. The first (credit: NYT) shows where most Republican voters lived in 2012, as indicated by the red dots of varying sizes. The second two show where lynchings and other killings of Black people by mobs took place. (those are the red dots in the continental US map) Notice anything?
I find the overlap of the lynching locations and the MAGA voters' locations to be interesting.
Many do not know that WHOLE FAMILIES attended lynchings AFTER CHURCH! Many of those White kids are alive today as older adults. I believe these people and their descendants are Trump’s main base. They were raised in authoritarian environments, with SO much bewildering horror in their lives, presented to them by the people they loved. No wonder they're able to live with so much cognitive dissonance!!
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