By Charles Michael Byrd
An necessary relief for somebody trying to go beyond America's oppressive race-consciousness. each one part is formed after the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-gita, the essence of India's Vedic knowledge and one of many nice religious and philosophical classics of the realm. in addition to synopses of every Gita bankruptcy is statement culled from Mr. Byrd's Interracial Voice editorials in addition to from different individuals. as well as every one chapter's race statement is a particular Gita verse or that expands on that observation from the Vedic perspective.
This ebook is a revised and enlarged version of past Race: The Bhagavad-gita in Black and White with:
* increased introduction.
* Dozens of latest quotations from articles released in Interracial Voice.
* Deeper realizing of the Gita’s relevance to the USA today.
* New sections further with many certain parallels among scripture and the philosophy of multiracialism.
"An very good and brave piece of work." — N. Brent Kennedy, Kingsport, TN
"Timely new software of undying philosophy." — Belenios Ategnatos, Staten Island, NY
"Highly prompt for these wishing to shed the shackles of 'racial' crew identification in desire of embracing their correct to be an individual." — James A. Landrith Jr., Alexandria, VA
"Minces no phrases in letting the reader precisely find out about the present-day 'racial' panorama within the usa ... emphasis on becoming a member of and uniting the complete human family." — William Javier Nelson, Ph.D., Raleigh, NC
"Useful, well timed, and authoritative." — Michael J. Dahl, writer of The Pharaoh’s Son, Burbank, CA
Virginia local Charles Michael Byrd is of Black, White and Cherokee historical past. As Editor/Publisher of the Interracial Voice journal (1995-2003), he seemed on Jim Lehrer's NewsHour and wrote Op-Eds for the San Francisco Chronicle and Newsday. A scholar of Vedic scriptures, Mr. Byrd believes that folks of combined racial backgrounds fast commence trying to find the next non secular fact, whatever that permits them to make feel of the insanity in the back of lumping humans into separate and particular racial groupings.
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