Monday 26 March 2018

DOOR#1 = TRUTH, DOOR# 2 = INSANITY

When people refuse to acknowledge truth, when they rail against science as nothing more than a 'social construct' or as something dreamed up by the 'colonialist patriarchy' as another way to exert power over the oppressed:
According to Cheryl E. Matias and Paul T. Le, both of the University of Colorado at Denver, the belief that the apprehension of, and substance of, scientific discoveries is independent of whatever one’s skin colour may happen to be, is a problem. One that results in the spread of “whiteness ideology,” and thereby “white supremacy.”

Nikita Vladimirov pokes through the mental wreckage:

According to Matias and Le, “our science is out of touch with the experiences of our students of Colour and, instead, represents post-colonial discourses of White power and control.” “Whiteness embraces White ideology, and because Whites are at the apex of the racial hierarchy, whiteness becomes normalized and is invisible to those who benefit the most from it,” the scholars observe. “This is particularly troubling because the normality of whiteness means that Whites do not believe that they are actively investing in White supremacy or racism, which keeps oppression intact.”
...you just know that these unfortunates have opened a door into another realm of existence.

Aldous Huxley tried that with mescalin and in fact penned a paper on his experiences called 'The Doors of Perception' from which the 60's band The Doors took their name.

These folk are stepping through that doorway and entering into another realm altogether:
“I WANT OUR PRESENCE, OUR VOICES, AND OUR HERBAL GIFTS TO BE A REASSURANCE FOR PROTESTORS THAT THE ANCESTORS ARE WATCHING, OUR SPIRIT GUIDES ARE WITH US, AND WE CAN WIN OUR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION.”
Queer Magic for the Resistance (QM4R) is a collective and political affinity group based in Oakland, California. Since its inception in early 2017, QM4R has trained and mobilized street medics, energy healers, and artists to show up for local demonstrations against fascism and police violence. Among its many goals is the reclaiming of magic and healing (both physical and spiritual) as central tools in the fight against systemic oppression. I spoke with Vanessa, a white genderqueer person and founder of QM4R, and Iman, a Black queer femme who has worked closely with QM4R since its inception, about how they envision the role of magic and healing in militant resistance movements.
The inmates are now officially in charge of the asylum.

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