Humanist Chaplain Journey

While I applaud Facebook’s encouraging people to acknowledge #Juneteenth and #LiftBlackVoices , but it misses a couple of critical points, in my opinion, as a white gay male. The first point is the lack of knowledge due to the whitewashing of history in the United States educational system. Not having teaching around the meaning of Juneteenth #Juneteenth and the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in the majority of US history courses is a perfect example of the systematic and institutional racism.  While it is essential during the current unrest over police brutality against people of color to lift the black voices #LiftBlackVoices around police brutality and the lived experience of African-Americans in the US, I think it is more important to listen to the black voices #Listen2BlackVoices . Lifting marginalized voices is the first part; we will not have equality and justice until the people in power and those who put those people in control demand “We The People” start listening to the m