“Racism is a visceral experience” - Coates
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“Including the body…towards social justice…is the primary path forward” - Blackwell
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“We focused our efforts in the wrong direction…white supremacy doesn’t live in our thinking brains…it lives and breathes in our body.” - Resmaa Menakem
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“The only path forward requires dismantling who we think we are.” - Blackwell
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“The body…says, this is true…this is happening…this is honest.” -Blackwell
“Few skills are more essential than the ability to settle your body.” - Menakem
{ This one. A superpower. Also, settle your body vs settle on your body or your land vs settle an argument. }
“There’s a saying in Guinea that ‘knowledge is only rumor until it’s in the muscle.'” - Blackwell
“Rocking, humming, and making physical contact with each other…” - Blackwell
{ Sitting, bowing, chanting, walking, eating, cooking, cleaning. To retreat, to practice. To leap like a tiger while sitting. }