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On the first night of my book tour for Every Body Yoga, I asked if anyone had one final question, and a very tall Black guy standing at the very back of the house raised his hand. He started out by talking about how much he loves yoga, but how he can never find a sense of calm in yoga studios. He confided that most of the yoga studios he attends are predominantly patronized by White women.
He wondered how a Black man is supposed to find “zen” or “calm” in such an environment. How was he supposed to chill within a predominantly White environment where most of his teachers and fellow students are White women, whom society has taught to fear Black men. How was he supposed to find inner calm in a room where he’s treated like a threat to his fellow students?
Tell him to identify as a white woman with a flat ass, no makeup, and bring three screaming kids to the child care center by the front door of the gym.
Newsflash: Americans, regardless of race, religion, or political orientation, are enculturated in a worldview of hyper racial sensitivity combined with a persecution complex.
He asked, 'How was he supposed to chill within a predominantly White environment where most of his teachers and fellow students are White women, whom society has taught to fear Black men. How was he supposed to find inner calm in a room where he’s treated like a threat to his fellow students?'
What better place and time than right there?
My advice to the Black, male yoga practioner would be to worry more about his yoga practice than the genitals or skin color of the person next to him.
So some bigoted, racist black guy has a problem with white women doing yoga?
That guy needs to grow a pair of balls and stop whining like a little girl.
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