{"id":1746,"date":"2020-07-01T20:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2020-07-07T20:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T20:22:46","slug":"july-2020-goodnews-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2020\/07\/01\/july-2020-goodnews-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"july 2020 \u2013 goodnews editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>America has captured the European imagination ever since it existed. Whether one hates it or loves it, the sound of its name, its cities, the glamour and pace, but also the wars and social inequalities associated with the United States of America evoke strong images in us. As white Europeans we cannot know how much Black Lives Matter in the USA. What we do know is that it is\u00a0<em>not enough<\/em>\u00a0here, as we stand humbled by our cruel collective colonial past. We also know that we need to break free from our own prejudices and create better conditions for African-Europeans and People of Color. Does that mean that we should feel guilty? Guilt leads to fear, and a life dominated by fear keeps us locked in the past instead of leading to better solutions for the future. Instead of being afraid of each other, we want to take care of each other. Apologies are due. The United States urgently need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. There are many shadows waiting to be brought to light and integrated into lived history. We must learn to better accept the unknown and make it a part of our lives. In Europe too.<\/p>\n<p>Faithfully,<br \/>\n<em>Susanne G. Seiler<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"null\">In that other fantasy where we live forever<\/h3>\n<p>we were never caught<\/p>\n<p>we partied the southwest, smoked it from L.A. to El Dorado<br \/>\nworked odd jobs between delusions of escape<br \/>\ndrunk on the admonitions of parents, parsons &amp; professors<br \/>\ndriving faster than the road or law allowed.<br \/>\nour high-pitched laughter was young, heartless &amp; disrespected<br \/>\nauthority. we could be heard for miles in the night<\/p>\n<p>the Grand Canyon of a new manhood.<br \/>\nwomanhood discovered<br \/>\nlike the first sighting of Mount Wilson<\/p>\n<p>we rebelled against the southwestern wind<\/p>\n<p>we got so naturally ripped, we sprouted wings,<br \/>\ncrashed parties on the moon, and howled at the earth<\/p>\n<p>we lived off love. It was all we had to eat<\/p>\n<p>when you split you took all the wisdom<br \/>\nand left me the worry<\/p>\n<p><em>Wanda Coleman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America has captured the European imagination ever since it existed. Whether one hates it or loves it, the sound of its name, its cities, the glamour and pace, but also the wars and social inequalities associated with the United States of America evoke strong images in us. As white Europeans we cannot know how much<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2020\/07\/01\/july-2020-goodnews-editorial\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}