"Light can never completely remove all darkness because there are always shadows and shadows are darkness. 

Darkness and Light are equals

not one is evil."

This is a issue that's gone on for a long time and it translates to racist themes in spirituality and other aspects of our lives.
Now to some of  the current common views on the use of the term  dark and light as analogies for evil aka dark and good aka light.
There's some quotes that are concerning about this topic that brought this topic up again. Part of one quote: "only light can drive out darkness, darkness cannot do that." It's partly true but the reality is  light can lessen darkness and darkness and lessen light. Some folks say, light can never completely remove darkness because there’s always shadows and shadows are darkness. I agree with that because it is factual.
   For those who believe a "God" created the universe, if darkness is so awful why is in such a majority in outta space? Why are there more darker skin people than other people on the planet earth?
Why is the womb that humans develop in for nine month filled with darkness?
Why are the roots of the majority plants on earth in darkness?

   I suggest to the big human think thank of ideas: "Light and dark are equals not one is evil and light does not ever completely remove darkness." And I suggest for the sake of humanity we replace the racist metaphor "light is good and darkness is evil" with something that reflects reality because this racist metaphor has hurt the psyche of the people.

   
There is no war between the sun & moon nor between night & day, there is balance. The war metaphors  people made up and people can these analogies and some day hopeful sooner rather than later there will be no racist wars metaphors that pit darkness against light.
          Because we are all children of the Sun & Moon. Without the sun & moon life on earth would be awful, the majority of life would die. That's why both the sun & moon  and day & night are treasured.
Another very real reality. All people need to see healthy images of themselves in metaphors. The closest names for a racial category to dark and darkness is Black and Brown. The closest name for racial category of light is White. The "Blackest Night" is a term. Its important to consider  replacing the metaphors about light = good and dark = evil. It spills over into race relations globally and it is not based on facts.
And not continue to injure the human psyche and provide more avenues for people to see good images of themselves.

People don't hate darkness really.  If you turn the light while they are sleeping and many people will either turn it off again and or demand the person who turn a light on: " you turn that back off!" Is that hatred? It's  love! An our bodies love it also. Let that love spill over into our institutions and replace institutionalized racist ideologies of a war between light & darkness in religion and everyday life. Both  are loved,  darkness & light and our societies need to demand the truth in our analogies  and spiritual movements and non spiritual movements and in our everyday lives. Instead of saying its your darkest hour, when you mean there's difficulty, you could just say its your most difficult hour.
Nothing can replace the dawn or the dusk the day or the night!

Black American African American History All Year

We mean Something

Author Kuango Seilah

We mean

Something

 We mean

Something

We mean

Something

 We mean something

Overcoming by any means necessary

surviving and thriving

our continuation

means

something

For generations to come the gifts it brings

 That’s one of the reason I sing: we mean ...  something 

Turnip greens black-eyed peas, pinto beans,  sweet potatoes and collards greens, bok choy and kales greens humus & black beans, tempeh, tofu

some people eat all foods, like every thing

because people do what they need & want to do

to stay healthy with any greens necessary

our history means

something 

A Texas Governor wants to replace

the word slavery

with involuntary

relocation

Texas is already messed up with a history

being 2 years late for liberation

from enslavement 

 People want racist people out of any decisions about curriculum for education

people have demanded reparations for ourselves and our ancestors and that too means

something

Our liberation walk for freedom with our allies

it’s a continuation of a long journey 

and that too 

means

something

 That’s why I sing

we mean .... ....

something 

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