How Jackson State Univerity saved my soul

Race had become an idol that was prioritized over life itself in all forms. But the positive thing about it is that many experiences are unique to different racial experiences but being human and being willing to listen is the only solution. Being willing to listen to white people who may have suffered from the poor choices of other white people limits collateral damage and creates a dialogue to make things better. Too much of the refusal to talk about these things were people refusing heal and viewing it as "God's judgment" in a very perverse sense. God is just as present in humanity wanting to resolve dispute as much as he's present in the grace of the rain. The real problem is that people wanted other people to suffer so as to prove that they could do a better job than God. But the real proof of God's presence is in grace and mercy, not judgement. To say black people were suffering and wanted to reconcile and heal isnt the same thing as saying that white people didn't suffer or that white people dont deserve to heal because white people have suffered and do deserve to heal. But kudos to the Black Lives Matter movement for starting an imperfect dialogue. I suspect black people got the conversation started because black people were closer to knowing they had nothing to lose by being real. No race is better than another. And so what I learned at Jackson State University which is a historically black university is that the secret to keeping my humanity is by never forgetting that my humanity is all i have to lose.