Ruby Sales: How we can start to heal the pain of racial division
Ruby Sales: Cómo empezar a sanar el dolor de la división racial
Ruby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation. Full bio
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y las heridas del racismo
at Tuskegee University,
in the Southern freedom movement,
de liberación sureño
por los Derechos civiles.
from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
de Cambridge, en Massachussets.
of idealistic young people,
de jóvenes idealistas
were spreading around the nation
propagaba por toda la nación
for more than 400 years.
durante más de 400 años.
en una manifestación
who cheated them out of their money.
que les engañaban con el dinero.
for the demonstration,
of howling white men
de hombres blancos que aullaban
seeing the danger that we faced,
el peligro que corríamos,
en un camión de la basura
conditions you can imagine.
que se puedan imaginar.
that came from toilets.
without any forewarning.
was a dangerous sign,
had also been forced to leave jail
de la cárcel a Goodman, Schwerner y Chaney
what had happened to them.
nadie sabía qué les había ocurrido.
a abandonar la cárcel,
literally feel the pavement --
come to the county,
recién llegado al condado,
in the doorway with a shotgun,
bajo el marco con una escopeta
I'll blow your brains out!"
los sesos, puta!"
what was going on,
was standing in the line of fire,
en la línea de fuego,
a mi amado amigo y colega,
important days in my life,
importantes de mi vida,
blancos muy distintos
and the worst of white America.
y lo peor de EE.UU.
murder Jonathan before my eyes,
matar a Jonathan ante mis ojos
esa herida interior
the Southern freedom movement,
el movimiento de liberación sureño
and freedom fighters,
y luchadores por la libertad
deadly trauma of racism,
enfrentado al trauma mortal del racismo,
have been beaten and thrown in jail.
and thrown in jail.
like Jonathan Daniels.
como Jonathan Daniels.
estamos todavía
in black and brown people
de los negros e hispanos
the vicious volley of racism
la carga viciosa del racismo
civil and human rights stripped away.
de sus derechos civiles y humanos.
use stereotypes and myths
se vale de mitos y estereotipos
men who invade our bodies.
que invaden nuestros cuerpos.
and pay us unequal wages.
y nos pagan salarios desiguales.
de los hombres blancos
the same powerful white men
hombres blancos poderosos
el círculo de blancura,
all of our identities
todas nuestras identidades
to protect the status quo.
para mantener el status quo.
I said culture of whiteness,
la cultura de la blancura
set of beliefs,
sistemático y organizado,
and even religion,
e incluso religión,
over-and-against power structure
jerárquica y supremacista
against people of color.
en contra de la gente de color.
as necessary and friendly insiders,
miembros amigables y necesarios
especially black people,
especialmente los negros,
presente y real
as a dehumanizing process
como un proceso deshumanizador
and interlocking identities,
identidades entrelazadas
gender and sexualities,
el género y la sexualidad.
la unidad para el poder.
del nacimiento a la muerte,
like white people,
igual que los blancos,
I give hard assignments --
que las tareas que mando son difíciles,
and overwhelming."
with our authentic selves,
con nuestro verdadero yo,
with the other aspects of our identities.
aspectos de nuestra identidad.
quien somos al máximo.
through our collective narratives.
a través de la narrativa colectiva.
must contain our individual stories,
incluir nuestras historias personales,
just create a paradigm
sólo crean un paradigma
against another story.
una historia contra otra.
that I have talked about tonight
de lo que he hablado hoy
to providing us a pathway
para ofrecernos un camino
another very important model.
otro modelo muy importante.
for racial justice
para la justicia social
of redemption for everyone.
de redención para todos.
those very people who oppress us,
de los opresores,
is tied into their redemption,
está ligada a la suya,
from unredemptive anger.
de una ira sin redención.
it grows even more complicated,
resulta aún más complejo,
that we indulge in every day.
que permitimos diariamente.
if we're going to humanize the future,
si vamos a humanizar el futuro,
de usar la tecnología
sino para edificarnos
into the fullest of our capacities.
de nuestras capacidades.
horizontes más amplios
that we live in, every day of our lives.
espacio compartimentado.
if we set our minds
si centramos la mente
and live into all of your identities?
y vivir todas sus identidades?
to cannibalize your multiple identities
sus múltiples identidades
por encima de las demás?
construir la democracia?
into the fullest of your potential?
that I've given to you tonight,
que les he hecho esta noche,
the fullest of your identity
la plenitud de su identidad
the future for yourselves,
no sólo para Uds.,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ruby Sales - Activist, scholar, educatorRuby Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation.
Why you should listen
Ruby Sales is the founder and director of the Spirit House Project. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s as a teenager at Tuskegee University and went to work as a student freedom fighter in Lowndes County, Alabama. She is one of 50 African Americans to be spotlighted in the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.
A deeply committed social activist, scholar, administrator, manager, public theologian and educator in the areas of civil, gender and other human rights, Sales has preached around the country on race, class, gender and reconciliation. She has done groundbreaking work on community and nonviolence formation, and also serves as a national convener of the Every Church A Peace Church Movement. Throughout her career, Sales has mentored young people and provided support and venues for an intergenerational community of developing and seasoned social justice performing and creative artists. She has a deep commitment to providing the education, practical experiences, and frame of references to contest racism and add their voices to the public conversations on the many streams of oppression that emerge from them.
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