The Bhagavad-Gita in Black and White: From Mulatto Pride to Krishna Consciousness - Tapa blanda

The Philosophy of Multiracialism

An indispensable aid for anyone seeking to transcend America's oppressive race-consciousness. Each section is fashioned after the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-gita, the essence of India's Vedic wisdom and one of the great spiritual and philosophical classics of the world. Along with synopses of each Gita chapter is commentary culled from Mr. Byrd’s Interracial Voice editorials as well as from other contributors. In addition to each chapter’s race commentary is a specific Gita verse or two that expands on that commentary from the Vedic perspective.

This book is a revised and enlarged edition of Beyond Race: The Bhagavad-gita in Black and White with: expanded introduction, dozens of new quotations from articles published in Interracial Voice magazine, deeper understanding of the Gita's relevance to the United States today. New sections added with many precise parallels between scripture and the philosophy of multiracialism.

"An excellent and courageous piece of work." -- N. Brent Kennedy, Kingsport, TN

"Timely new application of timeless philosophy." -- Belenios Ategnatos, Staten Island, NY

"Highly recommended for those wishing to shed the shackles of 'racial' group identity in favor of embracing their right to be an individual." --James A. Landrith Jr., Alexandria, VA

"Minces no words in letting the reader exactly know about the present-day ‘racial’ landscape in the United States ... emphasis on joining and uniting the entire human family." -- William Javier Nelson, Ph.D., Raleigh, NC

"Useful, timely, and authoritative." — Michael J. Dahl, author of The Pharaoh's Son, Burbank, CA

Virginia native Charles Michael Byrd is of African, European, and Cherokee heritage. As Editor/Publisher of Interracial Voice magazine (1995-2003), he appeared on Jim Lehrer's NewsHour and wrote Op-Eds for the San Francisco Chronicle and Newsday. A student of Vedic scriptures, Mr. Byrd believes that individuals of mixed racial backgrounds quickly begin searching for a higher spiritual truth, something that allows them to make sense of the madness behind lumping human beings into separate and distinct racial groupings.