Explanation: The most informed people on the culture, history, and the system of racism/white supremacy are those who can’t criminalize white skin privilege, who know pre-Columbus-colonized history, and the history of Afrocology. But the experts are those who have also recovered from colonized thinking, who think and live ‘black lives matter’. These are the people who qualify to be Recover from Colonized Thinking 12 step sponsors capable of advising others 12 step RCT participants. 12 Steps is necessary because racialized thinking is a habit, learned since birth and, therefore takes continuous practice to assure limit relapses, which will surely occur.
Definitions
Culture – the norms and values that tell us how to act
Acculturation – is usually forced unknowingly, losing your culture and assuming another culture
Assimilation – being absorbed into another group by losing your identity and assuming European identity
Cultural Genocide – forcably replacing your cultural norms, values, education, religion, traditions, practices, family / social structure with European education, religion, traditions and practices
Colonized thinking
Pre-Columbian history
Pre-colonized history
Pre-Columbian-colonized thinking
Racial Identity Development –
Recover from Colonized Thinking
Stages of Black Identity Development
Stages of white Identity Development
System of White Supremacy
Racism – prejudice plus power; prejudice backed and supported by the system
Individual Racism
Institutional Racism
Structural Racism
Life Areas Racism Impacts – education, entertainment, health, labor, law, political-economics, religion, sex, war
Wellbriety 12 Step Program
Culture
African Culture European Culture