A book by Quincy Joseph

Racism is a learned disease — and anything learned can be unlearned.

Join author Quincy Joseph for honest, hope-filled conversations on diagnosing the infection, treating it with time, education, and compassion, and healing the divide.

Book cover: Racism: The Disease — Healing the Infection That Divides Us by Quincy Joseph

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The idea

A learned disease that can be unlearned

Racism is a learned disease — and anything learned can be unlearned. It is not human nature; it is an infection passed down, taught, and inherited. And infections can be treated.

Quincy Joseph carries the baton from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Albert Einstein, and the countless unnamed contributors who marched beside them. He is not starting a fight — he is continuing a healing work that began long before him.

His contribution: systematically treating the infected and the affected — with time, education, and compassion.

“Same hospital, different wounds.”

The mission

Healing has happened before. It can happen again.

Your donation does not go to a person — it goes to the work: carrying this message of healing to millions, supporting honest community conversations, and proving that what was learned can be unlearned. History shows it is possible:

Crowds walking through openings in the Berlin Wall in 1989

1989 — The Berlin Wall came down, and a divided people walked through to each other.

Photo: Raphaël Thiémard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nelson Mandela smiling in 1994

1994 — Nelson Mandela chose reconciliation over revenge, and a nation began to heal.

Photo: Kingkongphoto, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

People clearing rubble among ruined buildings in Germany in 1945

1945 — After the war, ordinary people cleared the rubble and chose re-education over revenge.

Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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“No shame, no blame — one human family, healing together.”

Quincy Joseph