Marianne Williamson on Reparations and Race Reconciliation: A Review

Serious doesn’t begin to describe this episode though. There are so many thought-provoking issues discussed and topics covered that listeners can do one of two things—applaud Marianne Williamson for starting this kind of conversation or speculate on a variety of things.

Here are some teasers, if you will.

• Reparation is what I feel is the way to transform this country
• On a moral/spiritual basis, an individual has to come clean
• “Racism is America’s original sin”
• Economic restitution was not given. If it was given, it was later taken away
• I don’t think we can ever reach full economic restitution
• If America wants to seriously, genuinely, and fundamentally disrupt patterns of disintegration, we must address the deeper levels where we are morally not aligned with the angels of our better nature

Is your mind blown yet?

To fully appreciate this episode, there are things you need to do:

• Keep an open mind right to the end of the show, even if you can’t help it. Because you likely can’t help it.
• Reserve your thoughts and opinions until you’ve heard everything. Because nearly every second of this episode has something that will challenge your thoughts and what you already know.
• Give the speaker a chance to lay down her case and expound on it. It’s easy to let your preconceived notions get the better of you.
• Be prepared to learn something new along the way. Because lessons are what this episode has plenty of.

Marianne’s presidential agenda for Reparations, Reconciliation and Restitution is a noble cause at a whole new level, and you can see from this episode that she knows what she’s talking about and she’s passionate about and committed to her agenda.

But she also said it herself, white supremacy was supposed to be over a long time ago, but racism persists to this day. She also said that America is moving backwards.

This begs the question how can one person’s passion and commitment change all that?

How can anyone undo centuries of racism and oppression? People have lived with this for so long 20 years will not be enough to make this happen, if something will happen in terms of reparation.

How can she erase what she calls “America’s original sin” and transform people at a moral and spiritual level? Some people are born racist or raised to be one that they don’t know how to be anything else. And that’s a fact.

When Philippe asked about who the members of her reparation council will be, she mentioned something about black individuals who will be carefully vetted. One would think that this could start a race war. But, as Marianne pointed out, the war is already happening.

The risk of an all-black reparation council is that the agenda could take a vengeful turn. Checks and balances can be done, but nothing is ever certain in politics.

So, can Marianne pull it off?

Her declaration to treat the cause and not the symptoms is one thing. Economic restitution is another.

And then there’s the fact that she belongs to the “white people.” People of color, blacks in particular, would wonder how can someone like her empathize with them, their plight and that of their ancestors when she’s lived a life of privilege?

Philippe also pointed out that even President Obama didn’t do anything that will even make a small dent on the problem that is reparation.

But you can hear and see from this episode that she understands and can empathize with victims of racism. Besides, her agenda is not about uplifting or pleasing the blacks but transforming America on a moral/spiritual basis.

Reparation isn’t just about racism either, but also homophobia, anti-Semitism, and the like.

It’s about healing the wounds of slavery and racism in both the oppressed and the oppressor.

As Marianne articulates, she wants America to go beyond doing small random acts of kindness and move to huge strategized acts of doing the right thing.

Not to promote her or anything, but she is one presidential candidate with an entirely different platform. She knows that racism was harnessed for political purposes and what she plans to do is to harness love for political purposes.

She was the first person to talk about reparation on CNN. She’s also an activist, bestselling author, and entrepreneur. So not only is she knowledgeable about what’s going on, but she’s been starting conversations about it for a long time.

Now, unless you watch the full episode, you’d be raising your eyebrows and thinking Marianne is a woman through and through if she thinks like that.

But it’s not all that.

And you have to give it to Philippe for being brutally honest about what he thinks of her agenda. This made the conversation truthful and not some sideshow of mere talks.

What really struck a chord in this episode, however, is the fact that Marianne thinks a mindset of simply attacking President Trump would not work to her advantage.

According to her, not everyone who voted for Trump loved him. Some of them voted for him but are disturbed and disturbed enough that they’re open to compelling options.

What they aren’t open to is a constant attack against the president they voted for, making them feel bad about their choice. She also said that anyone who thinks the only way to defeat Trump is to attack him is naive.

There’s just plenty of things in this episode that either boggles the mind or put what’s boggling into perspective.

One thing is certain, Marianne is not just interested in starting a conversation about reparation and economic restitution. That conversation has already been started. The plan is to take action. Because if she doesn’t do it now, no one else will.

Watch out for part 2 of this interesting conversation. There’s more to learn and discuss, and Marianne is more than happy to provide clarity about her agenda and how she plans to act on it.