Afrocentricity - African-American Studies, Buddhism to relieve the suffering of people of color
Afrocentricity is the academic approach to scholarship that is centered around the experiences of
African people and the people of the African diaspora, relative to their own historical, cultural, and
sociological heritage.
Afrocentrism seeks to counter the mistakes and ideas which were perpetuated by the racist philosophical underpinnings
of Western academic disciplines as they developed during and since Europe's Early Renaissance. Such rationales were used to
justify the enslavement of other peoples. In order to enable a more accurate account of the African people, as well as all
people, we need to take a better look into the contributions the African people to world history.
The central topic of 'Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change', mandates that Africans be
viewed as subjects rather than objects. When looked to correctly, this philosophy, ethos, and world view
gives Africans a better understanding of how to interpret issues affecting their communities. History, psychology,
sociology, literature, economics, and education should be explored through the minds (thinking) of Dr. King, Du Bois,
Malcolm X, Garvey and many other great thinkers of African heritage who provided breakthrough strategies for social change.
Afrocentricity and buddhism
Afrocentrism was most prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. It is still important today! Here we will explore the healing and liberation of the
people of color through Buddhism. African Americans can be, and usually are, emotionally resilient in the face of the many types of suffering
put before us.
Black Buddhists emphasize the reality that the Buddha was a person of color. This helps the African and the African American to align with
the Buddha's mission to protest a society that is suffering under racial injustice. Thus, African Americans bring a unique perspective to
Buddhism by sharing their unique perspectives and experiences while exploring healing and liberation.
The Awakening of the Buddha Mind: Not about 'choosing Asian culture over American'
The quality of one's views and intentions determines the resulted actions which they experience.
Beings are continuously reborn according to the ethical quality of their thoughts, words, and deeds, and
this quality is, essentially, a factor of the mind. True Awakening, necessarily, involves both ethics and
insight into causality.
The Buddha was Woke!
When we consider the Buddha as a fellow person of color and as a social reformer who was awakened to the truth of suffering
caused by false constructions of identity, including race, gender, caste, and class - we, as African Americans, have to consider him "Woke".
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Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom
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