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Kind of Blue

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6. Speaking of workload, it's a crazy end of the year period
Sun Nov 18, 2018, 03:44 AM
Nov 2018

for me, but I wanted to weigh in now and as ideas might pop up.

First, I think you could do a whole series of blog posts on Dr. Joy DuGruy's book "Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing." Never have I seen or read anyone who link the historical socialization of white people's lack of empathy to the laws that were created to protect the appetite for violence to the well studied multi-generational affects of trauma on who we as a people have become.

A lot of stuff we already know but Dr. DuGruy breaks it down step-by-step with her amazing insights and being a clinical psychologist her masterpiece is essentially about healing. Here's the first part of her 4-part lecture to get an idea of what the book is about.



Second, I see you've already covered African nations and history so I'm not sure if those topics are still of interest to you. I don't know if you're on Facebook, I'm no longer there, but one of my go-to places was Suppressed Histories Archives hosted by Max Daschu. Max is a feminist historian so her work, since 1970, is all about women globally. IMHO, her FB page is richer than the website and she's very interactive with her visitors.

Anyhoo, here's an overview of her work below. And I hope that you find something at their sites and their videos that helps you decide on a host of topics that I can imagine are swirling through your mind Good luck and hoping to read your posts next year.

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