Sterling hoped that during the pandemic crisis, racism would somehow take a break and the world would focus more on the virus. That maybe the virus of hatred and oppression could take a break. Next thing you know, we see and hear what happened to Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. nothing but anger, confusion, and almost hatred flooded the black community in the midst of the pandemic. Sterling states he feels as a people, we are so heavily armored because we’ve had to be historically. If you allowed all the slings and arrows of outrageous injustice to pierce you, it would be too much. Therapy doesn’t work if you’re not comfortable sharing your full self with that person. Sometimes you have to take an honest assessment and ask, ‘Am I being authentic in this space and if I’m not, where can I find a space where I can be?’ Sterling encourages Black people to seek therapy as a way to build up your armor so that you can persevere, and hopefully it is not something we will need to be maintain and perpetuate into the future.
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