Carrying the cost: Jonathan Dale on reparations
‘I have been shocked out of my complacency.’
For many of us, the impetus for thinking about racial justice came after the murder of George Floyd. Our local elders sought ways of opening ourselves to the subject. Eventually our informal Black Lives Matter group became an Area Meeting Racial Justice Group. We held a regional gathering, where a group of nurses talked about the many manifestations of racism in the NHS, and other creative listening exercises. Our minds, hearts and spirits have been enriched, some insights have been gained – and some truths have become less abstract and more urgent.
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