Darren Springer – Racial-Delic
In this presentation Darren will explore the subject of race and psychedelics through the eyes of a British born African- Caribbean male in the UK. In the last few years the subject of race and how to respectfully address it, and whether racism can really exist in the psychedelic community has been highlighted as a topic yet to be fully acknowledged. What can be done to make the psychedelic community as equally accessible and inclusive to non-white communities? Why are the descendants of the indigenous peoples so disconnected from the medicine lineages of their ancestors? What role can psychedelics play in the current racial climate? What can be done to defend against the co-optation of sacred indigenous traditions by Westerners in search of novel “experiences,” and who exploit these traditions for financial gain? These questions and discussions are healthy, but what will be the outcome of these discussions, how will these ideas be manifested?
Filmed at Breaking Convention 2017 - 4th International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness University of Greenwich London, June 30th-July 2nd 2017.
In this presentation Darren will explore the subject of race and psychedelics through the eyes of a British born African- Caribbean male in the UK. In the last few years the subject of race and how to respectfully address it, and whether racism can really exist in the psychedelic community has been highlighted as a topic yet to be fully acknowledged. What can be done to make the psychedelic community as equally accessible and inclusive to non-white communities? Why are the descendants of the indigenous peoples so disconnected from the medicine lineages of their ancestors? What role can psychedelics play in the current racial climate? What can be done to defend against the co-optation of sacred indigenous traditions by Westerners in search of novel “experiences,” and who exploit these traditions for financial gain? These questions and discussions are healthy, but what will be the outcome of these discussions, how will these ideas be manifested?
Filmed at Breaking Convention 2017 – 4th International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness University of Greenwich London, June 30th-July 2nd 2017.
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This was excellent and I decided to tweet this on my twitters. Thank you for taking the time to do this and share this with us. It is painfully obvious to anyone with half an aware eye that the psychedelic space is dominated by a certain type of gender and racial background.
Going further, there also aren't any LGBTQIA+ folks out there in the psychedelic space on a prominent level. Why is that? And where are the women? We need to see LGBTQIA women of color!
Is it possible to contact Darren Springer, please.
Does anyone know the name of the black man with the Sword? I am trying to find some of his talks because he seems interesting but Darren forgets to say his name sadly.
So good! 🙂