Black Lives Matter
Wisdom Letter #40 | The Anti Viral - June
Hey!
We are taking a break for the next few weeks to reflect and assess the direction we want to take this project in.
We think taking some time to stop and reflect adds a great deal of value to our work than just running constantly.
As they say — “Direction Over Speed”
We usually don’t write about current affairs, we don’t think following the daily news adds any value to our knowledge or wisdom.
But we don’t live in a vacuum, and when we see a certain viral issue taking over the world, it forces us to sit up and take notice.
Occasionally we send out a post in our series titled - The Anti Viral, where we try to better understand the issue at hand, get some perspective on it without drowning out in the sea of information.
What follows is a short collection of stuff we are reading to make sense of the current anti-racism protests going on in America.
Reflections
Reflections on the Color of My Skin - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Reflections on the Color of My Skin - MKBHD - Youtube
Videos
13th - Netflix
Patriot Act - Youtube.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Here’s a quote worth pondering from MLK Jr.
Visualize Value - Twitter.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends
-MLK JR
Here’s a quote from one of our favorite Hindi poets —
“समर शेष है, नहीं पाप का भागी केवल व्याघ्र,
जो तटस्थ हैं, समय लिखेगा उनका भी अपराध”— Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
An approximate English translation
The war is not over yet, the hunter alone must not partake the sin.
Time will judge even those who just stood by and watched.—Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
This is not the moment to stay silent and watch, this is not the time to be an innocent bystander.
Right now, no bystander can be innocent.
Raise your voice.
Take a stand.
#BlackLivesMatter
Checkout older Anti-Viral posts from March and April, they were mostly about making sense of a biological virus, not a social one.
In case you missed last week’s wisdom letter check it out now— Whole And Happy Wisdom Letter #39. In case you want to revisit any of the previous 39 letters, checkout our entire archive.
Thanks for reading.
If you find more resources that can help us think better about the current protests in the US, or about racism in general, please hit reply to this email, or share with us on WhatsApp or Facebook.
We will be forever grateful.
Love,
Aditi & Ayush