[6:00] Dr. Venus brings us back to the Reconstruction in the early 1900s after the Civil War. White people started killing Black people both to make a point and also just as entertainment in the same way families would gather to watch a circus. The lynchings were made a public spectacle and were as brutal, gruesome, and horrendous as one could imagine.
[8:46] White people would make sure the newly freed slaves could see the lynchings. This would terrorize them and make them afraid to speak up, talk back, or even just try to leave.
[10:56] The fact that the White Supremacists keep escalating their hateful behavior shows that they are threatened, and it gets worse before it gets better. We are watching history unfold and change can feel rough and tumultuous as it’s happening.
[11:33] Lynchings and public shows of power happen frequently today, along with the media claiming many of these Black men committed suicide when Dr. Venus believes that is just not the case.
[15:00] Every time the White Supremacists publicly lynch, they lose votes. It makes people have to choose a side, and more people are becoming woke to the right side of history.
[21:38] You don’t have to look at, share, or engage with the images. These images are designed to have you relive the cultural trauma, and you don’t have to hurt yourself and play into their game to make you afraid. Practice self-love.
[24:10] Get yourself oriented with your spirit and source energy. You are a spiritual being having a human experience. Pray in the positive as if it’s already done. It’s another way of being revolutionary and taking care of yourself spiritually.
[30:55] Your vote is both for yourself, and all the people before you who couldn’t vote. When you understand that everyone who has died has given up their life for you, it gives you a different power.
