In "Black Psychedelic Revolution," Dr. Nick Powers delves into the profound potential of psychedelics in healing from generational racial trauma. Mind-altering and perspective-shifting drugs offer a promising path to healing. Celebrities like Chris Rock and Will Smith have openly shared their experiences with ayahuasca and LSD. Pictured above is Dr. Nick Power s In the Black community, ecstatic release has been documented in testimonies by Zora Neale Hurston, realizing freedom in jazz clubs through alcohol, and Malcolm X’s reclamation of rhythm by way of weed and music. These moments of profound liberation serve as a powerful reminder of the potential for the Black body’s true liberation from the white gaze. Powers poses the question about the potential for psychedelics to further fuel the revolution. It was hard to put down this book, so I tried to read it in one sitting. One needs to revisit Powers’ treatises because he takes us on a literal literary trip: merging ponde...
Colors of Influence Reviews
Book reviews by Maileen Hamto focus on racial identity, social justice, decoloniality, indigeneity, and spirituality.