Marianne Williamson’s Prayer of Apology to African Americans

(Moving, Powerful….Necessary)

Explaining why slavery reparations are long overdue.

The underlying causes [of African Americans’ consistent appearance at the bottom of every socio-political and economic metric] are easily found in the deep, deep, deep realms of racial injustice both in our criminal justice system and in our economic system. And the Democratic Party should be on the side of reparations for slavery for this very reason.

I do not believe that the average American is a racist; but the average American is woefully under-educated about the history of race in the United States.

–- Marianne Williamson, first Democratic Party Debate

Despite the fact that reparations had been in the news for almost two weeks running, Marianne Williamson, was the only Democratic Party candidate to address the issue of slavery reparations at the first debate. Her thoughtful and heartfelt answer was virtually ignored because Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) hijacked the question and redirected it to her personal experience with busing as an elementary schoolgirl.

But Williamson has been on the reparations road for many years. Before she decided to run for the White House, she was (and remains) an author and an in-demand speaker and advocate of self-help, spirituality, and “soul force.”…