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21 " Within white supremacist capitalist culture in the United States there has been a concentrated effort to bury the history of the black farmer. "
― , Belonging: A Culture of Place
22 " I have found white neighborhoods in all the privileged-class environments I have lived in throughout the United States, including Kentucy, to have as active a presence of racial prejudice as their poor counterparts. "
23 " So little has been written abou tthe ways in which living in racial apartheid damaged the psyches of black folks, creating in some of us a pathological fear of whiteness, a fear rooted in unresolved trauma, that there is little open discussion of the way in which this psycho history, the legacy of racialized trauma keeps many black folks fearful of whites, convinced that all white folk have a deep seated will to harm us. This fear and the profound mistrust it engenders is especially intense among poor folks. "
24 " I dreamed about a culture of belonging. I still dream that dream. I contemplate what our lives would be like if we knew how to cultivate awareness, to live mindfully, peacefully; if we learned habits of being that would bring us closer together, that would help us build beloved community. "
25 " From certain standpoints, to travel is to encounter the terrorizing force of white supremacy. "
26 " To end racism white folks who have accepted unearned white privilege must be willing to forego those rewards and stand down, expressing their solidarity with those who are the most imediate victims of racist assualt and domination. "
27 " We can restore our hopw in a world that transcends race by building communities where self-esteem comes not from feeling superior to any group but from one's relationship to the land, to the people, to the place wherever that may be. When we create beloved community, environments that are anti-racist and inclusive, it need not matter whether those spaces are diverse. What matters is that should difference enter the world of beloved community it can find a place of welcome, a place to belong. "