Greenburgh Mural Controversy an Opportunity for Reconciliation and Healing by Lane Cobb MS, CPC
What has emerged from the controversy surrounding the Greenburgh Black Lives Matter Mural is how easy it is for the intentions of a well-meaning citizenry to be corrupted by the wounds of generational trauma, which affect not just Black and Brown people, but white people as well. Specifically, the lived experience of Jewish persons belies the generational wounds of the Holocaust, which is well-documented; its horrors have been widely and rightly acknowledged. The pain of that event lives on in the memories and the legacy of a proud people who sacrificed much and whose right is it to defend the memory of the atrocities they suffered. The lived experience of African Americans speaks to a level of generational wounding, which though acknowledged by some, has yet to be adequately addressed and has left many Black and Brown people feeling unheard and unhealed, and therefore particularly sensitive to any experience that feels like further disapproval and disenfranchisement by those who do not share the burden of the African American experience. This is not unreasonable, especially considering the continued traumatization of people of color, both nationally and globally. Although our town board does not have a perfect record, by any means, Greenburgh [...]
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What has emerged from the controversy surrounding the Greenburgh Black Lives Matter Mural is how easy it is for the intentions of a well-meaning citizenry to be corrupted by the wounds of generational trauma, which affect not just Black and Brown people, but white people as well. Specifically, the lived experience of Jewish persons belies the generational wounds of the Holocaust, which is well-documented; its horrors have been widely and rightly acknowledged. The pain of that event lives on in the memories and the legacy of a proud people who sacrificed much and whose right is it to defend the memory of the atrocities they suffered. The lived experience of African Americans speaks to a level of generational wounding, which though acknowledged by some, has yet to be adequately addressed and has left many Black and Brown people feeling unheard and unhealed, and therefore particularly sensitive to any experience that feels like further disapproval and disenfranchisement by those who do not share the burden of the African American experience. This is not unreasonable, especially considering the continued traumatization of people of color, both nationally and globally. Although our town board does not have a perfect record, by any means, Greenburgh [...]
