Carla R Mancari

1968 1968 1968 Carla R Mancari

1968, I have the mind of a racist. I am a racist white woman attending an all-Black col-lege ? Orangeburg State College in South Carolina. My life is at risk when deadly riots - some involving my classmates - break out on and around campus. Tragically, some of my fellow students are among the victims. It is a year packed with every emotion a human can experience, from brutal hatred to deep love, from unabashed joy to paralyzing fear. It was the worst year of my life and the best.21st Century, there is still an ongoing search for solutions to the rampant racism in America. Who among you can honestly say, "I have never had a racist thought?" Due to the present political and National atmosphere, racism has raised its ugly head, unabashed. 1968 1968 1968: The Mind of A Racist is about what it is going to take for individuals to over-come the demons that have infested hearts and souls with the deadly venom of racism. It is not a smooth transformation, but it is a possible one. Freeing oneself from those who preach hate and divisiveness is the first step into an open, accepting heart. Offered is the help that is needed to accept, allow, and respect all manner of human life. Shared in this book is the necessary tool that may allow individuals to realize their spirituality and that their nature is beyond color. So, what are the solutions? What is the cure for a sick nation, a nation on life support? The usually offered or demanded solutions in-clude more laws, better education, and better jobs. All of which are necessary. But how can you change the mind of a racist? If you do not understand how the mind of a racist thinks, how do you change a racist heart? Can you? What is the cure for hate? These are a few of the questions this work seeks to answer and present solutions for. I invite the racists among us to take the eight-week Heart-Centered challenge (chapter 17). This is an abbreviated version of my sto-ry of the events of Orangeburg SC State Col-lege in 1968. (The entire story may be read in the book, Walking On The Grass: A White Woman In A Black World by Carla R. Mancari.)