By Larry Ward — 2020
In the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by police in Minneapolis, dharma teacher Larry Ward says we have to “create communities of resilience,” and offers his mantras for this time.
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I want my daughter to see that an Indigenous way of life isn’t an alternative lifestyle but a priority. It is essential, then, that I return to the parenting principles of my ancestors and consciously integrate Indigenous kinship practices into her childhood.
“The movement towards personalization is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too.”
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“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”
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