The Revealer
The Revealer
The Center for Religion and Media at NYU
Black Buddhists and Healing the Traumas of Racism
28 minutes Posted Apr 27, 2022 at 8:41 pm.
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How are Black Buddhists using Buddhism to heal from the traumas of racism? Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition, joins us to discuss why Black Americans have been turning to Buddhist teachings and practices to deal with living in a white supremacist society. We also explore how Buddhism has helped Black Americans confront misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, and how Black Buddhists have found a sense of stability within a deeply racist world.